Hundreds of Pakistani lawyers protest anti-Islam film

PanARMENIAN.Net - Several hundred lawyers protesting an anti-Islam video forced their way into an area in Pakistan's capital that houses the U.S. embassy and other foreign missions on Wednesday, Sept 19, and the United States temporarily closed its consulate in an Indonesian city because of similar demonstrations, AP reports.

The lawyers who protested in Islamabad shouted anti-U.S. slogans and burned an American flag after they pushed through a gate, gaining access to the diplomatic enclave before police stopped them. They called for the U.S. ambassador to be expelled from the country, and then peacefully dispersed.

The demonstration followed three days of violent protests against the film in Pakistan in which two people were killed. At least 28 other people have died in violence linked to the film in seven countries, including U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans killed in a Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.