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November 30, 2008

Ethnic Clashes Kill 17 in Pakistan
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Security forces are patrolling Karachi, where angry mobs have rampaged
in parts of the city, firing guns and setting fire to cars 
Pakistani fire fighters struggle to extinguish a fire torched by rioters
at a timber market in Karachi, Pakistan, 30 Nov 2008At least 17 people
have been reported killed and more than 60 hurt in clashes between rival
ethnic and political groups in the Pakistani city of Karachi over the
past two days. Security forces are patrolling Karachi Sunday to prevent
further violence between members of a political party that represents
Urdu speakers, Muttahida Qaumi Movement, and another that represents
Pashtuns, Awami National Party.  Troops have been given orders to use
their guns if necessary. Since Saturday, angry mobs have rampaged in
parts of the city, firing guns and setting fire to cars. Today in
northwest Pakistan, police say militants attacked a security post in the
town of Bannu, close to the Afghan border, killing three police.  Three
militants were killed in the fighting. In nearby Lakki Marwat, another
three policemen were killed when Taliban insurgents launched rockets at
a security checkpoint. Some information for this report was provided by
AFP, AP and Reuters.

 


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