11.   Soldiers and paramilitary forces surrounded the mosque and one militant was killed as the standoff continued, said police officials speaking on customary condition of anonymity.

12.   Soldiers and paramilitary forces surrounded the mosque, and one militant was killed as the standoff continued, Indian police officials said.

13.   Soldiers surrounded the mosque and used loudspeakers to try to persuade the two to surrender, said R.P. Sandhu, commanding officer of the army operation.

14.   The crowd of demonstrators briefly broke through a cordon of scores of police surrounding the mosque before being shoved back onto the Al-Azhar grounds.

15.   The crowds, some carrying palm fronds plastered with flowers, clogged the streets surrounding the mosque and swarmed over his coffin as it was carried to the graveyard.

16.   The militants, shouting slogans against Shiites, surrounded the mosque before setting it on fire, police said.

17.   The militants, shouting slogans against Shiites, surrounded the mosque before setting it on fire, partially destroying it, police said.

18.   The militants, shouted slogans against Shiites, surrounded the mosque and set alight the gasoline they had splashed around its perimeter, police said.

19.   The Pul-e-Kushti mosque is surrounded by a busy street market, which sells clothing and food.

20.   Trouble started when the militiamen surrounded the Islamic Alliance mosque where the faithful were to celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice.