23 killed, 35 injured in Pak mosque operation
Islamabad, July 10 (UNI) Twenty-three people, including three security personnel, were killed and 35 injured in the ongoing operation carried out by the Pakistan army on the Lal Masjid here today.
So far 20 militants were killed and an equal number injured in the operation launched by Pakistan army to clear the mosque of radicals after talks between the government negotiators and firebrand cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi collapsed.
Three personnel of security forces also lost their lives and 15 wounded in the operation till now.
Military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad said 60 per cent of the area of the mosque was cleared of radicals.
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