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At least six people have been killed after members of a hard-line Islamist group clashed with security forces in north-west Pakistan, officials say. | At least six people have been killed after members of a hard-line Islamist group clashed with security forces in north-west Pakistan, officials say. |
Shooting broke out in Bara in Khyber agency amid unrest over the demolition of the group's headquarters on Friday. | Shooting broke out in Bara in Khyber agency amid unrest over the demolition of the group's headquarters on Friday. |
A spokesman for the Lashkar-e-Islami (Army of Islam) said dozens more had been hurt in the fighting. | |
The authorities blew up the group's headquarters after reports it had been used as a Taleban-style court. | The authorities blew up the group's headquarters after reports it had been used as a Taleban-style court. |
Tensions | Tensions |
It is unclear how Monday's violence began or how many people were involved in the clash. | It is unclear how Monday's violence began or how many people were involved in the clash. |
The Associated Press news agency said Lashkar-e-Islami supporters had attacked a post of the paramilitary Frontier Corps. It spoke of hundreds of people protesting. | |
The AFP news agency said up to 1,000 Laskhar-e-Islami supporters took to the streets and tried to march on the house of a rival cleric. | |
A security official told the agency that local tribal police and paramilitary units opened fire to disperse the crowd. | A security official told the agency that local tribal police and paramilitary units opened fire to disperse the crowd. |
Lashkar-e-Islami spokesman Misri Khan said five people had died on the spot and dozens of others had been wounded. | |
"The number of dead could go up," AFP quoted him as saying. | "The number of dead could go up," AFP quoted him as saying. |
On Sunday, police fired tear gas to disperse Lashkar-i-Islami supporters who were protesting against the authorities' decision to blow up their headquarters. | On Sunday, police fired tear gas to disperse Lashkar-i-Islami supporters who were protesting against the authorities' decision to blow up their headquarters. |
The group was accused of stoning and shooting to death a woman and two men accused of adultery in March. | The group was accused of stoning and shooting to death a woman and two men accused of adultery in March. |
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The Lashkar-e-Islami is led by Mangal Bagh, a former student of fundamentalist cleric Mufti Munir Shakir. | |
Mufti Shakir left the area after at least 25 people were killed in clashes last year between his supporters and followers of rival cleric, Mullah Pir Saifur Rehman. | |
Correspondents said Mufti Shakir had been calling for strict Islamic Shariah law to be implemented in the area. | |
He and his followers who set up the Lashkar-e-Islami are said to strongly oppose the secular Sufi interpretation of Islam espoused by Mullah Rehman. | |
Last year's violence between the two groups was largely to do with territorial control and enforcing the two clerics' conflicting Muslim beliefs, correspondents say. | |
Bara is on the main trade route between Pakistan and Afghanistan and is said to be a hub for smuggled goods on the border. |