Hand over people involved in firing, Sherpao to Lal Masjid clerics

Islamabad, July 3 (UNI) Pakistan's Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao today demanded the Lal Masjid clerics hand over persons involved in the firing on the security forces from inside the mosque compound to the authorities.

''The government doesn't want bloodshed but it would not tolerate such incidents of lawlessness,'' he asserted, speaking on a private TV channel.

A Ranger was killed and a girl and several security men were injured in shots from inside the mosque compound, at the paramilitary personnel deployed in the area.

Rangers officer Masha Allah told mediapersons that the students of Lal Masjid started the firing.

Emergency has been declared and alert announced at all hospitals in the capital.

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