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| Clashes erupt at Pakistan mosque | Clashes erupt at Pakistan mosque |
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| A Pakistani soldier and two radical Islamist students have been killed in clashes outside a rebellious mosque in Islamabad, officials and doctors say. | A Pakistani soldier and two radical Islamist students have been killed in clashes outside a rebellious mosque in Islamabad, officials and doctors say. |
| The clashes injured scores more with many students hurt by police tear gas. | The clashes injured scores more with many students hurt by police tear gas. |
| Firing by both sides is continuing. Security forces have now taken up positions around the mosque. | Firing by both sides is continuing. Security forces have now taken up positions around the mosque. |
| Armed students and clerics at the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) have openly defied the authorities for months in their campaign for Islamic Sharia law. | Armed students and clerics at the Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) have openly defied the authorities for months in their campaign for Islamic Sharia law. |
| The mosque and the two madrassa (religious schools) attached to it have been at the centre of a number of high-profile incidents. | |
| These include the kidnapping of police and people the mosque says are involved in immoral activities such as prostitution. | |
| Injured | Injured |
| The BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan who is outside the mosque says sporadic shooting by both sides can still be heard, several hours after gunfire first broke out. | The BBC's Syed Shoaib Hasan who is outside the mosque says sporadic shooting by both sides can still be heard, several hours after gunfire first broke out. |
| In pictures: Mosque violence Profile: Red madrassa | In pictures: Mosque violence Profile: Red madrassa |
| He says regular police and paramilitary units ringing the mosque compound have now been replaced by what appear to be special forces. Ambulances and journalists have been told to move further away. | He says regular police and paramilitary units ringing the mosque compound have now been replaced by what appear to be special forces. Ambulances and journalists have been told to move further away. |
| Dozens of students - mostly armed with sticks and petrol bombs, but some with guns and wearing masks - are patrolling around the mosque. | Dozens of students - mostly armed with sticks and petrol bombs, but some with guns and wearing masks - are patrolling around the mosque. |
| The death of the paramilitary soldier was believed to be the first casualty in the stand-off between the authorities and the students. | The death of the paramilitary soldier was believed to be the first casualty in the stand-off between the authorities and the students. |
| "I can confirm that one of our troopers has been killed in the firing from inside the mosque," a senior paramilitary official, Masha Allah, told reporters outside the Lal Masjid. | "I can confirm that one of our troopers has been killed in the firing from inside the mosque," a senior paramilitary official, Masha Allah, told reporters outside the Lal Masjid. |
| Doctors at a nearby hospital later said two students had also succumbed to their gunshot injuries. | Doctors at a nearby hospital later said two students had also succumbed to their gunshot injuries. |
| At least one policeman is also reported to have been wounded. | At least one policeman is also reported to have been wounded. |
| The students say scores of people from the mosque have been affected by the tear gas. | The students say scores of people from the mosque have been affected by the tear gas. |
| Doctors confirmed they were treating about 60 people suffering the effects of tear gas, the Associated Press news agency reported. Several students had bullet wounds, doctors said. | Doctors confirmed they were treating about 60 people suffering the effects of tear gas, the Associated Press news agency reported. Several students had bullet wounds, doctors said. |
| Kidnappings | Kidnappings |
| There are two religious schools (madrassas) attached to the mosque, one for men, one for women. | There are two religious schools (madrassas) attached to the mosque, one for men, one for women. |
| Tuesday's trouble started when a group of female students came out in large numbers and the paramilitary police used tear gas against them. | Tuesday's trouble started when a group of female students came out in large numbers and the paramilitary police used tear gas against them. |
| Extra police had been deployed around the mosque earlier in the day. | Extra police had been deployed around the mosque earlier in the day. |
| An official said the move was to prevent the seminary students from taking the law into their own hands. | An official said the move was to prevent the seminary students from taking the law into their own hands. |
| Mosque leaders say the security forces started the trouble by erecting barricades near the mosque. | Mosque leaders say the security forces started the trouble by erecting barricades near the mosque. |
| Critics have attacked the government for failing to enforce its authority in the capital. | Critics have attacked the government for failing to enforce its authority in the capital. |
| Correspondents say the authorities have seemed unwilling or unable to act. President Musharraf has said security forces cannot raid the mosque for fear of reprisal suicide attacks. |