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| Eleven killed in Bhakkar sectarian clashes |
| 2013-08-24 |
| [Dawn] Members of a radical Sunni group clashed on Friday with minority Shia's in central Pakistain, fighting that killed 11 people. Six people had initially been killed in violence. The corpse count has now increased after five people, who had been injured in the festivities, later gave up the ghost. The festivities between Ahle Sunnat Waljamaat (ASWJ) members and the Shia's happened in the town of Bhakkar in Punjab province, police official Abdullah Khan said. People were killed on both sides, Khan said. The conflict followed a protest rally held by ASWJ after one of their members was bumped off while closing his shop. Pakistain has experienced worsening sectarian violence in recent years, especially attacks by radical Sunnis targeting Shia's. Also on Friday, gunnies on a cycle of violence opened fire outside a Sunni seminary on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, killing two people and wounding a third, police official Mohammad Bashir said. Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has taken notice of the festivities. The Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Moslemeen has condemned the festivities and have declared three days of mourning. |
| Posted by:Fred |