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muriel_volestrangler

(101,316 posts)
Fri Sep 2, 2016, 05:23 AM Sep 2016

Bombs kill at least 12, wound dozens at Pakistan court

Source: Reuters

Two bombs killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens outside a court complex in northwest Pakistan, a rescue official said, hours after militants from a Pakistani Taliban faction attacked a Christian neighbourhood in the same region.

The bodies of lawyers, policemen and civilians were recovered from the blast site, said Haris Habib, chief rescue officer in the city of Mardan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
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Earlier in the day, four gunmen wearing suicide-bomb vests attacked a Christian neighbourhood in the Khyber tribal region, killing at least one security guard and a civilian resident, military officials said.

Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, which has targeted Christians in the past, claimed responsibility.

Read more: http://in.reuters.com/article/pakistan-attacks-idINKCN1180D8

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Bombs kill at least 12, wound dozens at Pakistan court (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Sep 2016 OP
horrible patsimp Sep 2016 #1
IslamIST Terror, not Islamic Terror, right? maxsolomon Sep 2016 #2
yes, that is the most important thing Angel Martin Sep 2016 #3

maxsolomon

(33,345 posts)
2. IslamIST Terror, not Islamic Terror, right?
Fri Sep 2, 2016, 12:38 PM
Sep 2016

I want to make sure I don't condemn the entire Religion of Peace when I condemn these specific Pashtun murderers, or their medieval misogyny, or their decades-long campaign against minority religious groups and secular professionals in Pakistan.



Angel Martin

(942 posts)
3. yes, that is the most important thing
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 12:02 PM
Sep 2016

Muslims must not be made to feel bad about being the incubators for this stuff.

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