(7 Oct 2004) SHOTLIST
1. Blast scene
2. Blood and shoes
3. Rubble and damage to buildings
4. Wreckage of motorcycle, blood spatters
5. Damage
6. Wreckage
7. Police at scene
8. Wreckage in back of police van
9. Damage to shops
10. People gathered

11. Nishtar Hospital, ambulances
12. Two injured men lying on the same bed
13. Injured man, staff
14. Nurses tending to injured
15. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Muhammed Khan, injured man:
"There was a big blast, and one big sharp piece of debris hit my body. All my clothes were covered in blood."
16. Pan of dead bodies laid out on floor

17. Mass funeral, bodies laid out on ground
18. Covered bodies laid out on ground
19. Bodies
20. Various of people carrying bodies
21. Men lifting shroud to look at dead man
22. Men carrying body
23. Ambulances arriving with more bodies of the dead, people directing them
24. Group of religious leaders walking, accompanied by soldiers
25. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Alim Azan, religious leader, Sipah-e-Sahaba:
"They didn't look after the people. Whether it's Sialkot or Multan, the government doesn't care about the people, they only think to please the Americans."
26. Crowd at funeral chanting
27. Men chanting
28. Military policeman with gun standing on guard outside funeral venue
29. Gun

30. Press conference
31. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Aftab Khan Sherpao, Interior Minister:
"The Federal Government will advise the Provincial governments to ban all gatherings, processions, congregations until further notice."
32. Journalists

STORYLINE

Pakistan announced a ban on religious and political gatherings nationwide after a bomb attack against Sunni Muslim radicals in a central city early Thursday killed at least 39 people and wounded about 100 others.

Police suspected it was a sectarian attack, and army troops were deployed to keep order in Multan Police suspected it was a sectarian attack, and army troops were deployed to keep order in Multan, where about 2,000 angry Sunnis gathered outside a hospital where victims were taken, shouting "Shiites are infidels!" and slogans against the government.

Two bombs planted in a car and motorcycle exploded at a gathering of Sunni Muslim radicals in a central city before dawn on Thursday.

Some 3,000 people had congregated overnight in a residential area of Multan to mark the anniversary of the death of the leader of the outlawed Sunni radical group Sipah-e-Sahaba killed in an attack last year.

Police estimated the bomb weighed about seven kilograms (15 pounds), and said most injuries were caused by flying metal from the vehicle.

Witnesses said the Sunni protesters who gathered outside the Nishtar hospital attacked two ambulances, shattering the windscreens with sticks, while others burned tyres.

Inside the hospital, bloodied victims were crammed into an emergency ward, some lying two to a bed.

The dozens of dead were placed side-by-side on the floor of another ward.

On Thursday afternoon there was a mass funeral for 31 victims of the bombing.

Ahmad Ludhianvi, a leader of Sipah-e-Sahaba, addressed the crowd of 5,000 mourners, and blamed Thursday's bombings on radical Shiite Muslims.

He urged calm among supporters of the group, but accused the government of negligence and demanded the arrests of the attackers within a week.

Another leader, Alim Azan, accused the government of not caring for its people and only caring about pleasing the US.

Officials said about 1,000 police, including reservists, were called from other districts, and soldiers were patrolling the city to stop Sunni and Shiites from clashing.





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