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Lal Masjid wilts under pressure
July 05, 2007
Pakistani security forces tightened their grip around Islamabad's radical Lal Masjid.
With the arrest of the Maulana Abdul Aziz, who tried to sneak out of the mosque on Wednesday evening in a burqa, and the surrender of about 1,200 militant students, the mosque's resistance wilted.
Image: Students walk out with their relatives as they surrender to authorities.
Photograph: Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty Images
Also read: All about the Lal Masjid stand-off
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