Pakistanis burn mock U.S. coffins in protest against Soleimani's killing

Record ID: 1451212

  • Title: Pakistanis burn mock U.S. coffins in protest against Soleimani's killing
  • Date: 3rd January 2020
  • Summary: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (JANUARY 3, 2020) (REUTERS) PROTESTERS SETTING COFFINS DRAPED IN U.S. FLAGS ON FIRE VARIOUS OF COFFINS DRAPED IN U.S. FLAGS ON FIRE, PROTESTERS CHANTING (Urdu): "BYE, BYE AMERICA!, BYE, BYE ISRAEL!" MAN KICKING BURNING COFFINS DRAPED IN U.S. FLAGS DRAPED IN U.S. FLAGS COFFINS DRAPED IN U.S. FLAGS ON FIRE TWO COFFINS DRAPED IN U.S. FLAGS, AND U.S. FLAG BEING DRAGGED BEHIND A VEHICLE ALONG ROAD PROTESTER HOLDING BANNER READING (Farsi, English, and Arabic) "DEATH TO ISRAEL", PROTESTERS LISTENING TO SPEECHES BOY STANDING ON U.S. FLAG SPREAD OUT ON ROAD (SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) HEAD OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOR MAJLIS WAHDAT-E-MUSLEMEEN (MWM), ALLAMA ZAIGHUM ABBAS, SAYING: "The flag that you (President Trump) hoisted on your Twitter account, come and see: the faithful in Pakistan, the followers of Ahle Bait Mohammad, have trampled that flag under their feet today."
  • Embargoed: 17th January 2020 15:26
  • Keywords: Iran Islam Islamabad Pakistan Qassem Soleimani U.S. coffins flags
  • Location: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
  • City: ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN
  • Country: Pakistan
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA001BUMDB9J
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Protesters in Pakistan paraded and set alight mock coffins draped in U.S. flags to protest against the killing of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani on Friday (January 3).
    Chanting "Death to America" the protesters from a Pakistani Shi'ite political organisation paraded the coffins through the streets of the capital Islamabad before burning them.
    The Pakistan Foreign Office issued a statement on Friday urging parties to "exercise maximum restraint" and to "engage constructively to de-escalate the situation, and resolve issues through diplomatic means."
    Soleimani, a 62-year-old general, was regarded as the second most powerful figure in Iran after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
    The overnight attack, authorised by President Donald Trump, was a dramatic escalation in a "shadow war" in the Middle East between Iran and the United States and its allies, principally Israel and Saudi Arabia.
    (Production: Marissa Davison)
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