Three killed in Pakistan clashes between police, Islamists
The Hindu
Violence began after Saad Rizvi’s arrest.
Two demonstrators and a policeman were killed on Tuesday in violent clashes between Islamists and police in Pakistan, a day after after authorities arrested the head of an Islamist party in the eastern city of Lahore, a senior police official and local media reported. The policeman was killed in overnight clashes with the supporters of on Monday, police said. Ten policemen were also wounded in these clashes in the town of Shahadra near Lahore. Two Islamists were reportedly killed in the eastern Punjab province. The violence began on Monday after police arrested Rizvi for threatening protests if the government did not expel France’s Ambassador over depictions of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad.
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