Université : affrontements à لاہور Lahore -22 décembre 2011

Battlefield New Campus: ISO, IJT clash leaves several injured

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LAHORE, Dec 22: A clash between the activists of Islami Jamiat Tulaba and Imamia Students Organisation on Thursday over holding a Yaum-i-Imam Hussain event on the Punjab University’s New Campus left several of them injured and some vehicles damaged.

Around 200 students belonging to both organisations pelted each other with stones and bricks, besides resorting to aerial firing at the varsity’s parking lot adjacent to Faisal Auditorium. Girl students, who were sitting in the lawns of Institute of Education and Research and preparing for their examinations, got traumatised and took refuge inside the institute building when the violence erupted at around 11am.

The armed clash continued for almost two hours, while police played silent spectator.

The policemen deployed on the campus, meanwhile, ran away when they saw a group of students heading towards them. A large battalion of varsity’s security guards was also not seen on the spot.

The Rescue 1122 personnel later shifted the injured students to Jinnah and Sheikh Zayed hospitals, while a journalist, Abdul Shakoor and over a dozen injured students were given first aid on the spot. Read more...