Two children killed amid fresh violence in Pakistan

Source: Guardian Unlimited

Two boys died today as police and gunmen fired at each other in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, during protests by supporters of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.

"Two children have been killed in firing by unidentified men in the Lyari area," said a senior city police official, Fayyaz Khan, referring to a poor neighbourhood known as a Bhutto stronghold. "They're also firing at the police."

The shooting broke out when police chased small groups of young men protesting at the imposition of emergency rule on November 3.

The violence in Karachi came ahead of an expected announcement of a caretaker government to run the country before January's parliamentary elections that opposition parties have threatened to boycott.

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