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India-Pakistan |
Explosion at Pakistani Church Kills Three |
2002-12-25 |
Two assailants That's the kind of target Islamists like best... About 40 people, mostly women and children and all Pakistanis, were attending a Christmas Day service at the church when the attack occurred Wednesday evening. The two attackers escaped after the attack, said Iftikhar Ahmed, spokesman for Pakistan Interior Ministry. Four of the injured were in critical condition, said Malik Mohammed Iqbal, chief of police in the nearby city of Gujranwala. It's that "religion of peace" thing. And "tolerance." Witnesses said the attackers wore burqas, the traditional all-encompassing garment worn by women in some Islamic countries, said Amanat Ali, a police official in Daska. But it was unclear whether the attackers were women or disguised men. Ali said witnesses reported the attackers were taller than most women. Male Islamic militants in neighboring Afghanistan have worn burqas The bravery of the act just takes one's breath away, doesn't it? |
Posted by:Fred Pruitt |