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More Rioting Hits Southwestern Pakistan
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Aug 28, 2006 02:57pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - New York Times |
| News Date | Monday, August 28, 2006 07:20:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Riots broke out Monday in southwestern Pakistan over the weekend killing of one of the country's most prominent tribal chiefs, with protesters torching shops and buses in a third day of unrest.
Nawab Akbar Bugti, who led a decades-long violent campaign for greater rights for ethnic Baluch tribespeople, was killed Saturday in a military raid. Riots in Quetta left as least two people dead and a dozen wounded Sunday, and police said they had made at least 500 arrests.
Riots also broke out in the southern city of Karachi, where protesters burned two buses. Police fired tear gas to disperse about 500 people who had gathered to offer prayers for Bugti and chanted, ''We want freedom'' and ''Death to Gen. Musharraf,'' referring to Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf. |
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