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Pakistan Suicide Bombing Kills Moderate Cleric

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(Newser) – One of Pakistan’s most prominent anti-Taliban clerics was killed today in a suicide bomb attack, the Times of London reports. Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi, who supported the Pakistan army’s campaign in the Swat Valley, died on the way to the hospital after an explosion at his Islamic college in Lahore. “There was blood and several people were crying in pain,” Naeemi’s son said.

Another attack around the same time killed three people in a Nowshera mosque. Authorities say the bombings are the Taliban’s revenge against their opponents; Naeemi last month established a 22-group alliance against the Taliban, and he appeared to be the target of today's attack. “It could not be an act of a Muslim to carry out an attack in a mosque,” a police chief said, denouncing the violence.

In this undated photo, Pakistan's prominent religious cleric Sarfraz Naeemi is seen. Naeemi was killed today in a suicide bombing.
In this undated photo, Pakistan's prominent religious cleric Sarfraz Naeemi is seen. Naeemi was killed today in a suicide bombing.   (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Pakistani authorities seen with a man, second from left, in connection with the suicide bomb attack in a seminary in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, June 12, 2009.
Pakistani authorities seen with a man, second from left, in connection with the suicide bomb attack in a seminary in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, June 12, 2009.   (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
A Pakistani official, center, checks a room after the suicide attack in Lahore, Pakistan. Suicide bombers attacked a mosque and a religious school within minutes today in two cities.
A Pakistani official, center, checks a room after the suicide attack in Lahore, Pakistan. Suicide bombers attacked a mosque and a religious school within minutes today in two cities.   (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)
Pakistani religious students mourn death of Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi.
Pakistani religious students mourn death of Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi.   (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)
The ead body of Pakistani prominent religious cleric Sarfraz Naeemi, killed by a suicide attacker, lies on a stretcher at a local hospital in Lahore, Pakistan.
The ead body of Pakistani prominent religious cleric Sarfraz Naeemi, killed by a suicide attacker, lies on a stretcher at a local hospital in Lahore, Pakistan.   (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)
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