17 Minority Hindus Killed in Clashes

March 21, 2005

Source: ABC 7 News

Wire Service: AP

http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0305/214847.html

On March 21, 2005 the Associated Press reported, "Seventeen minority Hindus were killed when their temple was hit by rockets during fighting between renegade tribesmen and security forces in a restive tribal town in southwestern Pakistan last week, a government official said Monday. The fighting in the town of Dera Bugti erupted Thursday after the tribesmen allegedly attacked a convoy of pickup trucks carrying paramilitary troops along a mountain road."