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Two boys shot dead in Pakistan protest: Police

Two boys were killed in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Thursday when gunfire erupted during a protest by supporters of Benazir Bhutto.

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KARACHI: Two boys were killed in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Thursday when gunfire erupted during a protest by supporters of former premier Benazir Bhutto, police said.   

"There was a demonstration against the house arrest of Benazir Bhutto. Somebody among the demonstrators opened fire and two boys aged around 11 or 12 were killed," police official Fayyaz Khan said.   

The protest deaths were the first since President Pervez Musharraf imposed a state of emergency on November 3. Bhutto has been under house arrest since Tuesday in the eastern city of Lahore.   

Khan said there had been gunfire for the past three days during rallies by Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in the slum neighbourhood of Lyari, a party stronghold.   

"They have also been firing at police stations, my office also came under attack, but this is the first time that there have been casualties," Khan said.   

Bhutto party spokesman Ijaz Durrani denied that any of its supporters had opened fire.   

"We do not believe in gun culture. Our people were peaceful, they never indulge in such incidents," he said.   

He blamed a local drug mafia for the shooting, as he did when gunfire broke out on Tuesday, adding: "They are doing this to defame the PPP."   

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