A 13-year-old boy managed to escape from hardcore militants holding women and children hostage in Lal Masjid on Saturday. Jawad Ahmed told reporters after his escape that armed male and female students were guarding other students in Jamia Hafsa and Lal Masjid at gunpoint and preventing them from leaving.
Daily Times Monitor adds: Jawad told Geo television that he had hid all night waiting for the chance to escape and finally managed to flee through a broken outer wall. He said the armed militants inside the mosque were threatening to shoot those who tried to flee. He said there were 40 female and 80 male students inside the mosque complex who wanted to leave. Security forces found a piece of paper in Junaid’s pocket with an oath written on it. The oath said: “I will not surrender at any cost and I will prefer martyrdom to surrender.” Junaid said there were six dead bodies inside the mosque while many were injured. |