Friday, November 19, 2010

Pakistan: UPDATE | Gunmen open fire at Ahmadiyya mosque in Lahore

Ahmadis are a religious minority that are being targeted by terrorists. In May this year, at least 86 people were killed and over 200 injured when terrorists attacked Friday congregations of the Ahmadis in twin assaults in Lahore.

Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | Int'l Desk
Source/Credit: The Express Tribune
By Express | Lahore | October 18, 2010
Edited by Ahmadiyya Times

The following is an update to Ahmadiyya Times news story reported earlier. [read here]

It was Eight people who started aerial firing outside an Ahmadi mosque in Lahore’s Mughalpura area on Friday, The Express Tribune reported.

According to the report, those who started the firing managed to escape after security guards deputed there opened retaliatory fire.

No casualty was reported.

The report further said that according to the administration of the Ahmadiyya community, CCTV cameras installed outside the building captured images of the eight miscreants.


The video footage has been turned over to the Police and their investigations are underway.

The community has filed the FIR and a case has also been registered under the anti-terror law, the newspaper said.

Ahmadis are a religious minority that are being targeted by terrorists. In May this year, at least 86 people were killed and over 200 injured when terrorists attacked Friday congregations of the Ahmadis in twin assaults in Lahore.


-- Source The Express Tribune
-- Edited by Ahmadiyya Times

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