Holes blown in Pakistan mosque walls
PAKISTANI security forces blew holes in the outer walls of a mosque yesterday where hundreds of militant Muslim students have been holed up in a stand-off with authorities for three days, security officials said.
Smoke was rising from the compound housing the Red Mosque and a girls' madrasa in Islamabad following several explosions yesterday evening. A fierce gunbattle was also heard.
Journalists at the scene saw some troops being moved, but no sign that an assault was imminent. The captured leader of the Taliban-style movement said earlier that there were around 850 students in the mosque, including 600 women.
The Government says some women and children were being used as human shields.
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