Rawalpindi carnage: Funeral prayers of three victims offered

RAWALPINDI: Funeral prayers of three persons killed in the Rawalpindi incident was offered at Liaquat Bagh Sunday evening. Maulna Samiul Haq led the prayers.

Defying the curfew that entered into the second day today, a large number of people came out to hold the funeral prayers for the deceased. The security forces did try to put barricades in the way of the funeral procession and also resorted to aerial firing but the people kept on marching towards Liaquat Bagh to hold the prayers.

Realizing the sensitivity of the situation, the administration at last allowed the people to hold the funeral prayers.

Strict security remained in place during the funeral prayers which was attended by a big crowd of people.

At the conclusion of the funeral prayers, the attendees dispersed peacefully on the call of Ulema present on the occasion.

The deceased were among nine people who lost their lives in sectarian clashes that erupted on the occasion of Yaum-e-Ashur in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Friday. Sixty others sustained injuries in the incident that took place when a procession coincided with a sermon at a nearby mosque.

Army was called in Saturday to quell the unrest in three cities. Curfew was imposed in Rawalpindi the same day which still remains in place.