BREAKING!!!! Pakistani rebel cleric 'killed'

Last Updated: Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 14:08 GMT 15:08 UK

Pakistani rebel cleric 'killed'
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A Pakistani cleric leading militants battling troops at a mosque in the capital, Islamabad, has been killed, Interior Ministry officials say.

It is not clear how Abdul Rashid Ghazi died. Troops stormed the Red Mosque after besieging it for a week.

The army says up to 50 militants and eight soldiers have been killed, and about 50 women and children rescued.

Students at the mosque and its attached religious schools have waged a campaign for months pressing for Sharia law.


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