Lal Masjid Siege Thread - Operation Silence (merged)

Re: Breaking News: Paramilitary Police clash with Lal Mosque idiots!

Apparently the students stole some police equipment and weapons, to which the police replied with tear gas…

Government still tolerating on Lal Masjid situation: Interior ministry
ISLAMABAD: The interior ministry has issued a statement that more than one hundred students snatched weapons and wireless from policemen near Jamia Hafsa at 11-30 after which the police used tear gas to disburse the students. The students in reply started firing.

The press release said that rangers’s one soldier was killed and five of their personnel were injured.

The interior ministry said that the government is still tolerating on the Lal Masjid situation. All the roads and streets leading to Lal Masjid have been closed.

The ministry said that the government is not taking any major action just to save the female students present there from any loss.

This is the first statement issued by the interior ministry after the Lal Masjid incident.