At least 2 killed, 40 injured in Pakistan in violent Islamist protests
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(Update 1: adds casualties)
Islamabad, Apr 13 (EFE).- At least two people were killed and over 40 injured – nearly all of them police officers – in Pakistan on Tuesday, the second consecutive day of violent protests over the arrest of an Islamist leader who called for the expulsion of the French ambassador, officials said.
“One (police) constable Muhammed Afzal was martyred today and 40 policemen got injured so far,” Lahore police spokesperson Rana Arif told EFE, with the city in western Punjab province witnessing the worst clashes.
He added that a protester of the Islamist Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) party, which had called the protests over the arrest of its leader Saad Rizvi, had also been killed.