Guest guest Posted January 7, 2007 Report Share Posted January 7, 2007 Someones trying to stir up more trouble in Kashmir Third mosque desecrated in 3 days GK NEWS SERVICE Srinagar, Jan 6: Attempt to set-ablaze a 200-year old mosque at Shangus in south Kashmir’s Islamabad district on Friday night triggered massive demonstrations on Saturday. This is the third attempt to desecrate a mosque in the past three days. At least 5000 people demonstrated at Shangus today after they found some persons tried to set ablaze a mosque in Wakilbalan Nowgam on Friday night. The local residents rushed to douse the fire and the culprits escaped under the cover of dark. People shouted slogans against the district administration accusing them of failure to arrest the persons responsible for the sacrilege. Police rounded up 20 persons for questioning but released 17 of them later. Police also raided many places in the district. Quoting Deputy Commissioner Islamabad GA Peer, local news agency KNS said government has formed a high-level team headed by DSP headquarters Saifullah to investigate the matter. The government has announced a reward of Rs 50000 and a job for information leading to arrest of the culprits. http://www.greaterkashmir.com/Home/Newsdetails.asp?newsid=2403&Arch=&issueid=111 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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