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After Attack, Pakistani Christians Demand Security
Friday, September 27, 2002
The associated Press

Pakistan's 3.8 million Christians make up about 2.5 percent of the country's population. The All Pakistan Minorities Alliance, which represents the nation's Christians, called for a three-day period of mourning, with Christian schools shuttered and followers staying home from their jobs.

KARACHI, Pakistan -- AP
Angry and frightened after another deadly attack, Christians took to the streets Thursday demanding protection from Islamic militants believed behind the massacre of seven Christian charity workers who were bound, gagged and shot execution-style in their office.

Black flags flew over churches, and Christian schools were closed in mourning, while relatives began burying those killed in Wednesday's attack, the latest brutality against Christians and Westerners since President Pervez Musharraf began a crackdown on Islamic extremists and threw his support behind the U.S. war in Afghanistan.

''We give the government 48 hours to arrest the killers,'' said Karamat Chochan, a local Christian leader. ``If the killers are not arrested, the entire Christian community will take to the streets.''
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