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US state department condemns church attack in Pakistan
Washington, Aug 10: The US state department today condemned a deadly grenade attack on a church in Pakistan in which three Pakistani women were killed and 20 other people injured.
Washington, Aug 10: The US state department today
condemned a deadly grenade attack on a church in Pakistan in
which three Pakistani women were killed and 20 other people
injured.
Deputy spokesman Philip T Reeker called the attack at Taxila a terrorist act and an atrocity.
``As Pakistan stood with the people of the United States after Sept. 11, we now stand with Pakistan in confronting this common enemy,'' he said in a statement.
The attack yesterday reinforced fears that Islamic militants are targeting Christians and westerners in retaliation for the government's support for the US-led war on terrorism.
Investigators said they suspected the attackers were from the same cell of militants behind an assault Monday at a school for children of Christian missionaries in Murree, outside the capital.
Bureau Report
Deputy spokesman Philip T Reeker called the attack at Taxila a terrorist act and an atrocity.
``As Pakistan stood with the people of the United States after Sept. 11, we now stand with Pakistan in confronting this common enemy,'' he said in a statement.
The attack yesterday reinforced fears that Islamic militants are targeting Christians and westerners in retaliation for the government's support for the US-led war on terrorism.
Investigators said they suspected the attackers were from the same cell of militants behind an assault Monday at a school for children of Christian missionaries in Murree, outside the capital.
Bureau Report