PAKISTAN: Police use tear gas to disperse a crowd heading towards the U.S. consulate in Karachi, to protest against a film mocking the Prophet Mohammad

Record ID: 872621

  • Title: PAKISTAN: Police use tear gas to disperse a crowd heading towards the U.S. consulate in Karachi, to protest against a film mocking the Prophet Mohammad
  • Date: 17th September 2012
  • Summary: POLICE CHASING PROTESTERS TYRES BURNING ON STREET/PROTESTERS ROAMING STREET FILLED WITH SMOKE MUZAFFARABAD, PAKISTANI KASHMIR (SEPTEMBER 17, 2012) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) MEN AND WOMEN LAWYERS HOLDING BLACK FLAGS AND UMBRELLAS LAWYERS CHANTING: "ANY FRIEND OF AMERICA IS A TRAITOR" WOMEN LAWYERS STANDING PROTESTERS HOLDING BANNER CHANTING: "DEATH IS ACCEPTABLE IN THE SERVICE OF PROPHET MOHAMMAD!" VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS, PROTESTERS CHANTING: "LIFE FOR THE SANCTITY OF PROPHET"
  • Embargoed: 2nd October 2012 13:00
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  • Location: Pakistan
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  • Country: Pakistan
  • Topics: Arts,Politics,Religion,Religion
  • Reuters ID: LVA9KTWGWH8XPF7A6UU3UPJRQ1Z8
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  • Story Text: Pakistani police fired in the air to disperse a crowd heading towards the U.S. consulate in the city of Karachi on Monday (September 17) to protest against a film mocking the Prophet Mohammad.
    A senior police official said 30 students were arrested at the demonstration organized by a religious party.
    Demonstrations have spread in the Muslim world over the amateurish video, posted on the Internet under several titles, including "Innocence of Muslims".
    Protests erupted in several Pakistani cities over the weekend.
    In Monday's demonstration, protesters on motorcycles and in cars headed towards the U.S. consulate in Pakistan's commercial hub, prompting police to open fire in the air and use teargas.
    Protesters threw rocks at the police and damaged one of their vehicles. Around 100 people roamed roads and alleys near the sprawling consulate.
    The U.S. embassy in Islamabad said in a security message on its website that it had suspended public services due to the potential for demonstrations near the compound.
    A separate rally took place in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, on Monday.
    One person was killed and five were injured on Sunday when protests against the film broke out in Karachi, Lahore and Hyderabad.
    Local television stations also aired footage of other small, peaceful protests in more than a dozen towns and cities.
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