10 arrested for sectarian violence in Pakistan
Islamabad: Over 1,000 people have been booked and at least 10 arrested while two senior officials were removed over the recent sectarian clashes in Pakistan that forced authorities to impose curfew and call in the
He said security cameras had captured images of the people involved in the violence.
In the northwestern city of Kohat, police arrested 10 suspects for alleged involvement in recent sectarian clashes that led to curfew being imposed in the city.
The violence in Kohat killed three persons, including two policemen, and destroyed property in two markets.
The government of Punjab province removed Rawalpindi police chief Bilal Siddique Kamyana and Regional Police Officer Zaeem Iqbal Sheikh from their posts over sectarian clashes in the garrison city on Friday.
The clashes erupted during a Muharram procession by Shias the body of another victim was found today, taking the death toll in Friday's violence to 11.
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