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21:34, July 04, 2007 |
Heavy firing exchange between hard-line Lal Masjid personnel and law enforcers in Pakistani capital Islamabad started Wednesday, TV channels reported.
Armored vehicles of armed forces were advancing forward and started gas shelling, and firing from the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, also began.
Earlier TV screen footages quoted President Pervez Musharraf as saying that there was no compromise on writ of government and time for negotiation was over.
The private DAWN NEWS TV channel quoted unnamed sources as saying that the Army and Rangers have been given final order to go ahead.
Pakistani government has called for surrender of religious personnel in the mosque, and handover of personnel involved in snatching arms and opening firing on security personnel at noon on July 3.
Over 700 religious students have surrendered to the authorities and they were allowed to go home freely with government finance of about 5,000 rupees (about 83.3 U.S. dollars) for each person, according to local reports.
The firing exchange between the hard-line religious students and law enforcers on Tuesday afternoon left at least 10 people killed and some 94 others injured, officials said.
Source: Xinhua
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