By Omar Waraich
Militant violence returned to Pakistan's capital yesterday on the anniversary of the storming of the Red Mosque. A suicide bomber detonated a device next to a police post less than half a mile from the controversial Lal Masjid. At least 15 officers were killed and 22 injured.
The blast took place near the Melody Market in the centre of Islamabad. Extra police units had been positioned there since the morning, when thousands of radical students gathered outside the pro-Taliban Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque to mark the anniversary of last summer's siege, which resulted in the deaths of more than 100 people. Read more ...
Militant violence returned to Pakistan's capital yesterday on the anniversary of the storming of the Red Mosque. A suicide bomber detonated a device next to a police post less than half a mile from the controversial Lal Masjid. At least 15 officers were killed and 22 injured.
The blast took place near the Melody Market in the centre of Islamabad. Extra police units had been positioned there since the morning, when thousands of radical students gathered outside the pro-Taliban Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque to mark the anniversary of last summer's siege, which resulted in the deaths of more than 100 people. Read more ...
Source: The Independent
Muslims Against Sharia unequivocally condemn homicide bombing in Islamobad.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.
May the homicide bomber rot in hell for eternity. May his accomplices join him soon.
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