
BEIJING, July 4 -- In Pakistan, security forces have clashed with Islamic students outside a mosque in Islamabad. Guns were fired, killing nine people including students and a soldier.
The trouble broke out after students from the Lal Masjid mosque rushed towards a nearby police checkpoint Tuesday. Police fired tear gas as the students retreated.
Some of them had gas masks and several were seen with gasoline-filled bottles and Molotov cocktails. About a dozen were armed with guns.
About 100 people have been hospitalized suffering from the effects of tear gas or with bullet wounds. Security near the mosque has been stepped up.
(Source: CCTV.com)