Pakistani minister warns of more attacks
- 9 years ago
Christians in Pakistan pray for the victims of last week's Taliban school attack in Peshawar that killed more than 140 people, mostly children.
This as Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan warns of more attacks.
(SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) PAKISTAN'S INTERIOR MINISTER, CHAUDHRY NISAR ALI KHAN, SAYING:
"We are receiving intelligence from across the country that the militants are getting ready for another savage and inhuman counter attack. All of us need to be on the alert."
Under pressure to crack down on the militants, the government lifted a moratorium on the death penalty.
So far, six militants have been executed -- though none were related to the school massacre.
While Pakistanis are mostly inured to daily violence, the latest attack has provoked a wave of revulsion.
(SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) LOCAL CHRISTIAN RESIDENT, BABAR MASIH, SAYING:
"As human beings we have been so greatly saddened by this incident that we do not have the words t
This as Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan warns of more attacks.
(SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) PAKISTAN'S INTERIOR MINISTER, CHAUDHRY NISAR ALI KHAN, SAYING:
"We are receiving intelligence from across the country that the militants are getting ready for another savage and inhuman counter attack. All of us need to be on the alert."
Under pressure to crack down on the militants, the government lifted a moratorium on the death penalty.
So far, six militants have been executed -- though none were related to the school massacre.
While Pakistanis are mostly inured to daily violence, the latest attack has provoked a wave of revulsion.
(SOUNDBITE) (Urdu) LOCAL CHRISTIAN RESIDENT, BABAR MASIH, SAYING:
"As human beings we have been so greatly saddened by this incident that we do not have the words t