KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan 25, Reuter: Authorities closed schools and colleges in four Pakistan towns on Wednesday after a gun battle between rival ethnic groups killed three people and wounded 25 others at a college.
Police said troops were used to restore calm after teargas failed to disperse the rioters in Tuesday’s clash between Mohajir immigrants and native Sind his in the southern town of Sukkur.
They said at least 34 people were arrested after the clash. The incident started with an argument about the setting up of a students’ union office.
The rioters looted and burned shops.
The authorities said they had closed education institutions in the Mohajir dominated town of Sukkur and nearby Khairpur, Nawabshah and Shikarpur. They did not say when the schools would be reopened.
More than 800 people have been killed in sporadic ethnic violence over the past 27 months in Karachi, capital of Sindh province.
Article extracted from this publication >> February 3, 1989
