TV reports: gunmen attack 2 mosques of minority sect during Friday prayers in Pakistan
By APFriday, May 28, 2010
TV: 2 mosques attacked in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani TV stations are reporting that gunmen armed with grenades have attacked two mosques belonging to a minority Islamic sect during Friday prayers in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.
The attacks were against the Ahmadi group, which has often been targeted by radical Sunni groups in the past.
The reports said the mosques were several miles (kilometers) apart from each other,
The reports did not mention death or injuries, but said that casualties were expected.
Officials in Lahore were not immediately available to confirm.
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QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Police say gunmen riding on a motorcycle opened fire on a vehicle carrying four police officers in southwest Pakistan, killing all of them.
The attack happened Friday in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province.
Senior police official Naveed Ahmed says one of the slain officers had played an important role in arresting militants from the banned Sunni extremist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.
But Ahmed did not blame any group for the attack, saying the investigation was continuing.
