60 dead bodies in mosque compound: cleric

By IRNA

Islamabad : Some 60 dead bodies of girl and male students are lying inside the compound of mosque and seminary, deputy of Lal Masjid Abdul Rashid Ghazi said Thursday night.


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The government has confirmed only 19 deaths.

Ghazi told Pashto language Kheyber TV channels that students died due to bombing and use of tear gas by the security forces.

He said the government must allow the international and local media to see the destruction of the mosque building and bodies of the students.

"I did not expect the security forces will resort to such brutality," he said.

He feared that the government will disappear the bodies if media was not allowed to enter the compound.

Ghazi said that he and the students should be given a safe passage to pave the way for end to three-day of confrontation.

 

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