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| March 5, 2003 | Wednesday | Muharram 1, 1424 |
One injured in mosque attack
Dera Ismail KHAN, March 4: One person was injured when two masked men opened fire on worshippers outside a mosque during fajar prayers here on Tuesday.
The attack occured at the mosque located at Husainia Chowk, the city’s congested and most sensitive area. The armed men opened fire with pistols when worshippers were coming out from the mosque after offering prayers .
As a result, Shakeel Hussain son of Khuda Bakhsh, was injured while another man, Sher Shah, escaped narrowly. The culprits escaped from the spot.
The mosque is surrounded by a number of Imambargahs in the city area. The firing incident at the beginning of Muharram has created a tense atmosphere.
Meanwhile, the District Police Officer, Usman Zakria, in a briefing at his office on Tuesday, said that all possible security measures had been finalized to maintain peace and harmony during Muharram and stern action would be taken against those who would disturb the law and order.
He also stated that the army would be called out to assist the police in maintaining law and order and troops would be deployed at all sensitive spots.
He added that besides the army, 30 platoons of the Frontier Constabulary and one wing of the Frontier Corps would also be called out, while 16 platoons of an additional police force had been called from other districts.
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