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08:06, July 05, 2007 |
Religious personnel inside hard-line Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, opened fire on helicopters of Pakistani military as firing resumed Wednesday afternoon around the mosque, TV channels reported.
Some five helicopters were currently hovering in Islamabad's G-6 area, where the mosque is located, and residents in the neighborhood were seen coming out, the private DAWN NEWS TV channel said.
Armored vehicles of armed forces were moving forward near the mosque and the security personnel used gas shelling and firing from the mosque also began.
Earlier TV screen footages quoted President Pervez Musharraf assaying 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.
Nearly 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.
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, according to officials.
Source: Xinhua
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