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| Mosque leader in burqa escape bid | Mosque leader in burqa escape bid |
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| The leader of a radical mosque besieged by Pakistani security forces in Islamabad has been caught trying to escape wearing a woman's burqa. | The leader of a radical mosque besieged by Pakistani security forces in Islamabad has been caught trying to escape wearing a woman's burqa. |
| Security forces seized Abdul Aziz as he tried to leave the Red Mosque amid a crowd of women. | Security forces seized Abdul Aziz as he tried to leave the Red Mosque amid a crowd of women. |
| The mosque has been besieged by Pakistani security forces and militant students holed up inside have been told to give themselves up. | The mosque has been besieged by Pakistani security forces and militant students holed up inside have been told to give themselves up. |
| Clerics at the mosque are campaigning for Islamic Sharia law to be enforced. | Clerics at the mosque are campaigning for Islamic Sharia law to be enforced. |
| "He was the last in a group of seven women all wearing the same clothes. He was wearing a burqa that also covered his eyes," a security official told the AFP news agency about the cleric's escape bid. | "He was the last in a group of seven women all wearing the same clothes. He was wearing a burqa that also covered his eyes," a security official told the AFP news agency about the cleric's escape bid. |
| "Our men spotted his unusual demeanour. The rest of the girls looked like girls, but he was taller and had a pot belly." | "Our men spotted his unusual demeanour. The rest of the girls looked like girls, but he was taller and had a pot belly." |
| About 700 students surrendered at the mosque earlier Wednesday. | About 700 students surrendered at the mosque earlier Wednesday. |
| Female students who were let out were allowed to go home, while male students were held and searched. | Female students who were let out were allowed to go home, while male students were held and searched. |
| Earlier, troops in armoured personnel carriers surrounded the mosque as helicopter gunships circled overhead. |