Pakistanis attack mosque of religious minority
ISLAMABAD — Thousands of Sunni Muslims marking the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday on Monday attacked a mosque in Pakistan belonging to the Ahmadi religious minority, wounding several people, officials said.
The mob hurled stones and bricks at the mosque before storming the building, said Mahmood Javed Bhatti, deputy commissioner of the Chakwal district outside Islamabad, adding that gunmen opened fire on Ahmadis during the melee.
Rashid Ahmad, a local police official, said the mob set fire to part of the mosque, and that Ahmadis inside the building also hurled bricks, wounding some of the attackers.