About eight explosions were followed by some gunfire but it was not clear if security forces had launched an assault on the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, where hardline religious students are defying a government order to surrender.
The explosions were followed by an announcement broadcast from security force loudspeakers outside the mosque, calling on the students to surrender, a witness said.
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