Blast kills eleven near Red Mosque

A suspected suicide bombing today killed at least 11 people and wounded 43 others at a hotel near Islamabad’s Red Mosque, after religious students occupied the mosque and demanded the return of its pro-Taliban cleric.

A suspected suicide bombing today killed at least eleven people and wounded forty three others at a hotel near Islamabad’s Red Mosque, after religious students occupied the mosque and demanded the return of its pro-Taliban cleric.

The explosion occurred soon after police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who had occupied the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, which the government reopened to the public today – two weeks after a bloody army siege dislodged militants.