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Following Sectarian Violence, Police Raid 90 Seminaries In Karachi, Arrest Dozens

November 07 2016

Pakistan

Pakistani police have arrested dozens in a crackdown of seminaries in Karachi, the nation's largest city, said officials on Monday.

Protests followed the arrests, reports Dawn (Pakistan).

Sectarian violence in Karachi has left 13 people dead over the past week. Police then raided more than 90 Sunni and Shi'ite seminaries over the weekend, said a security official cited by Reuters.

Those arrested included members of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), believed behind the killing of...

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