Cartoon Protests Mount in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Gunfire and rioting erupted Wednesday as tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in several cities during Pakistan's third consecutive day of violence over the Prophet Muhammad cartoons. A man and an 8-year-old boy were killed.
More than 70,000 people gathered in Peshawar's streets in Pakistan's biggest protest yet against the drawings, said Saeed Wazir, a senior police officer. Protesters burned a KFC restaurant, several movie theaters and mobile phone offices.
Fighting also flared up in the eastern city of Lahore for the second straight day. About 1,500 students staged an unannounced rally outside Punjab University, said Chaudhry Shafqat, a senior police official.
Shafqat said the students beat up a police officer and disrupted traffic on a main road. "It all happened suddenly, and we are trying to control the situation," he said.
Two people were reported dead in Peshawar, including an 8-year-old boy shot in the face by a bullet fired by a demonstrator, said Shahid Khan, a police officer.
A 25-year-old man was also killed when he was hit by an electric cable that was snapped by gunfire from protesters, said the man's cousin, Jehangir Khan.
At least 45 people were being treated for injuries in Peshawar's two state-run hospitals, according to Khan and witnesses.
Two people were reported dead in Peshawar, including an 8-year-old boy shot in the face by a bullet fired by a demonstrator, said Shahid Khan, a police officer.
A 25-year-old man was also killed when he was hit by an electric cable that was snapped by gunfire from protesters, said the man's cousin, Jehangir Khan.
At least 45 people were being treated for injuries in Peshawar's two state-run hospitals, according to Khan and witnesses.
The rioters ransacked the offices of the Norwegian mobile phone company Telenor, witnesses said. They also burned a KFC restaurant, three movie theaters and offices of Mobilink — the main mobile phone operator in the country, witnesses said.
Wednesday's violence came a day after thousands of protesters went on a rampage in Lahore, burning Western businesses including McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants. Two people died and police detained 125 people, a police official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.
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This is my view regarding this issue... It is already bad enough that the reputation of Islam has been tarnished by the action of what they called the terrorist and all over the world assume that it is the muslim who is the terrorists... I have no objection with the prediction of Washington; this is because Allah knows all and only he knows the real truth and me, as a mere human could not make any judgement but i can voice out my opinion on the action done my muslim cousins regarding the cartoon of prophet muhammad. I totally against the violent action shown by my muslim cousins... This action will only makes the situation more worse and thus tarnishing the islam repuation even more.
Let me ask you... Why must we be violent????? Have they fogotten the teachings of Islam which is to remain calm and talk things out with another party in a peaceful way like what our prophet has always done to solve his problems... Wahai orang2 Islam... Janganlah kamu lupa bahawa Nabi Muhammad S.A.W itu mempunyai darjat yang tinggi di sisi Allah S.W.T. Do not forget that any wrongdoings like cursing the prophet will be punished by god... It may be given on Earth or the next afterlife... But what ever it is, try to solve the problems in a simple and peaceful manner as peace talks are usually the key to solve problems and only at the LAST resort where violence can be used to solve one's problems...
If only i can talk to my muslim cousins at all countries about this but i am just a mere child whom adults considered to be immature to be involved in this issue... For me, it is the adults that is immature... From the news you can see that most of them are adults... Am i not right?
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