ISLAMABAD: An Anti-Terrorism Special Court (ATC) on Friday approved two days physical remand of 26 suspects allegedly involved in the Nov 16 violence in Rawalpindi, and handed them over to police.

Violence erupted in the garrison town on Nov 16, when an Ashura procession coincided with a sermon at a nearby mosque in Raja Bazaar area killing at least nine and wounding at least 50 others.

The Rawalpindi ATC judge, Rana Masood Akhtar, heard the case of the incident of sectarian violence against suspects allegedly involved in the bloodshed. After hearing arguments by lawyers and approving of the two days physical remand, the court handed over the suspects to the police.

The suspects were accused under the charges of vandalism and destruction in the wake of the incident.