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Security high after Pakistan attack



Pakistani security forces have been put on alert
in the wake of the attack on a mosque [AFP]


Security forces in the Pakistani garrison city of Rawalpindi have launched a hunt for gunmen who carried out a deadly attack on a mosque near the country's army headquarters.

Troops in Rawalpini were on high alert on Saturday, a day after attackers stormed a mosque in the city, killing at least 37 people, including 17 children.

The commander of the Pakistani Taliban in South Waziristan claimed responsibility for the attack in a call to the BBC's Urdu service.

The mosque was attacked because it was used by the army, he said.

Al Jazeera's Imran Khan, reporting from Rawalpindi, said that the Taliban consider "this mosque [to have been] a fair target - that it was not a religious establishment because it was attended to by the Pakistani army".


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"This attack took place in a residential neighbourhood. To get into the neighbourhood, you need to show your ID [and] your car is searched," he said.

"This is supposed to be one of the most secure areas of Rawalpindi, so how these people got in is a big question.

"The other big question is 'if the Taliban can strike here, how on earth can we protect ourselves?'"

Police and witnesses said seven or eight gunmen were armed with assault rifles and hand grenades when they entered the mosque.

"They threw three grenades inside the mosque, one was thrown on the ladies' side, and two grenades were thrown inside the [men's section of the] mosque," one witness told Al Jazeera.

"I could only hear the shouting of the people."

'Significant' breach

The attack appeared to be the latest in a series to hit Pakistan in recent months as the military presses ahead with an offensive against al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in the country's northwest.

The United States condemned the assault, saying it underscored the need for Washington to support Islamabad in fighting the Taliban.

"These attacks highlight the vicious and inhuman nature of this enemy whose true target is the democratically elected government of Pakistan and the security of all Pakistanis," Ian Kelly, US state department spokesman, said.

He added that the attacks reinforce the "need for us to support the government of Pakistan".

[Mad May]

You're not even safe in a masjid these days, how can they justify this Islamically? Wallahi these people seem to be making up the rules as they go along

[~Arabman~]

You're not even safe in a masjid these days, how can they justify this Islamically? Wallahi these people seem to be making up the rules as they go along

Those on the other side and their families aren't safe anywhere. Their very existence is being denied. If the Pakistani government or US intelligence learn about their whereabouts (anywhere, even at home with their families or in a mosque) a drone is sent to pulverize them.

[Mad May]

You're not even safe in a masjid these days, how can they justify this Islamically? Wallahi these people seem to be making up the rules as they go along

Those on the other side and their families aren't safe anywhere. Their very existence is being denied. If the Pakistani government or US intelligence learn about their whereabouts (anywhere, even at home with their families or in a mosque) a drone is sent to pulverize them.

Istagfurullah, you condone this act? storming a masjid? a place of sanctuary? Don't respond actually, I don't want to hear your warped ideas.

[~Arabman~]

Istagfurullah, you condone this act? storming a masjid? a place of sanctuary? Don't respond actually, I don't want to hear your warped ideas.

Well, you condone what US/Pakistani drones do in pulverizing people at home or in a mosque; I never read you condemning it. And if you don't wanna hear my ideas, why respond to it? Can't help?

[Mad May]

^ You're right, I shouldn't of responded. Lesson learnt.

[~Arabman~]

^ You're right, I shouldn't of responded. Lesson learnt.

Adios.