10.07.2007, 10:51
CNN meldete gerade eben sogar bis zu 60 Tote...
Schneemann.
Zitat:ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN)Link: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/09/pakistan.mosque/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... index.html</a><!-- m -->
Eight Pakistan commandos and 50 student militants were killed as Pakistani security forces stormed the compound of a controversial mosque Tuesday morning, minutes after negotiations fell through between the government and radical Islamic students inside, military sources said.
An army armored vehicle moves towards the Red Mosque in Islamabad, Pakistan on Tuesday.
Fifteen commandos and 20 militants have been wounded, the military said. Maj. Gen. Waheed Arshad told CNN that 50 militants had surrendered by late morning.
Heavy black smoke rose above the mosque as the morning -- and the fighting -- wore on in the Pakistani capital. Dozens of ambulances parked near the site, waiting for the area to be safe enough to enter.
As fighting started, 20 children escaped from the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, a Pakistani army spokesman said. Pakistan Rangers, a paramilitary organization, secured the children, the spokesman said. The week-long standoff between Pakistani security forces and the students has left more than two dozen people dead.
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