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A dooms day in historic All Saint’s church in Peshawar

Reporter: Mudassar ShahDate: 26/09/2013

Slug: Pakistan Peshawar church

INTRO

Pakistani Christians have protested across the country to demand better protection for their community after a pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a historic church in

Peshawar, killing more than 80 people and wounding at least 140 others.

As Mudassar Shah reports from Peshawar the families of the dead are angry and devastated.

Scene 1

START WITH THIS SHOT

• Aasia is sitting beside her daughter

• She tells how she sends her son to

Church

• Aasia is weeping and her daughter

tries to console her

•

Other women also weep after some break

• Aasia goes to the place where she was

waiting for her son on Sunday

Aasia Masih sent her sons and daughter to church as

usual on Sunday

She was at her relatives home when she heard a huge

explosion.

Aasia Masih SOT 1(Female, Urdu) “My son’s bodywas completely covered with blood. There were many

people lying in Church. Some of them were without

legs and others were without heads.”

She lost one son. Another son and daughter were badly

injured.

Aasia Masih SOT 2 (Female, Urdu) “I will kill the

culprit the way they have killed my son if I find them.My son was crying out in pain. I want to see them

crying the same way. They have destroyed many

houses and many mothers.”

Scene 2 Waqar Masih usually works on Sunday.



• Aasia’s relative’s house where she

was waiting for her son

• Her daughters sit beside her

• Waqar comes down on four stairs

from a room to sit with Aasia

• Waqar has a plaster on his leg whichis broken in blast

• Shots of Waqar’s plaster on his leg

• General shots of the house

• Shots of Aasia’s daughters

But this time his mother insisted he come to churchwith her.

Waqar Masih SOT 1 (Male, Urdu) “My mother fell

into arms soon after the blast. I was injured and my legwas broken. My mother and my cousin were taken

away in ambulances but they both died.”

Scene 3

•

• General shots of Church (inside and

outside) soon after the blast

• Women and men weeping in church

yard

• Blood of the injured and dead people

on earth

• Shots of the lady Reading hospital

where the injured were brought for treatment

• Shots of women and men weeping

• Shots of Waqar in the hospital for

treatment after the blast

• Christians get angry over police for

not providing security

• Shot of the All Saint’s Church sign

plate on Church wall

WHAT ABOUT THIS…. (PERFECT)

This Church that the bombers attack has stood formore than 100 years as a symbol of Muslim-Christian harmony…. It has Muslim-style minaretstopped by a large black cross and the biblical versesare written in Persian on the walls.

(In front of the Church, the minarets and dome can be

seen and Persian can be seen)

Scene 4

• General shots of Church

• People pray inside the Church and

Amongst the tears is also a deep anger that the security

forces were not able to do more to protect the people

who worship here.



some people weep

• Women hug each other and weep

• Shots of shoes of the people who are

died in the blast

• Shots of the bouquets

• Some people burns candle

• People from different religions come

for condolences as Sikhs have come

to church

• Niha a college students weep and

walk in church yard

• Niha bends on knee and weep

•

People enter though Walk throughgate

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• Deputy Superintendant of Police

checking the security and the reporter

is talking to him

• Police checking motor cycle near

church

• Police are checking the people who

inter in Church premises

• Shops are closed near the Church

• Local Christians also check peoplealong with police

• Father Shehzad Murad walks in

Church yard

• He prays before the bouquet which

has been brought for condolence

• Shots of Cross which hangs on his

cloth

College student Niha Masih [nee-ha ma-see] stands infront of a pair of shoes that belonged to her brother.

Niha Masih SOT 1 (FEMALE, Urdu Language) “Strict action should be taken against the culprits. They

have killed many innocent people. My brother waskilled. My grandfather was also killed along with many

of my relatives. We don’t have strength to bury more

people.”

The police say the security has been beefed up and they

can provide further security to minorities if they are notsatisfied.

But Father Shehzad Murad says they still feel very

vulnerable.

Father Shehzad Murad (Male, Urdu Language)

“We are a minority and we don’t have resources to

protect ourselves and can’t do anything to protectourselves.”

Scene 5

• Police stand alert near the Church

• Chief minister’s visit to church

The government is trying to reassure the community.

Pervaiz Khattak SOT 1 (Male, Urdu) “Thegovernment stands with you in the difficult time and I

promise the government will not forget this for a long

time”.



• People gather in Church

• Many people gather in Church who

carry the injured to ambulances soonafter the blast

• The dead bodies were also taken in

ambulances

A splinter militant group known as Jundullah hasclaimed responsible for the attack. They say it was in

response to US drone strikes.

Major Pakistan political parties have agreed to

negotiate with Taliban militants in an attempt to put anend attacks like this.

The country’s main militant group, Tehreek-e-Taliban

Pakistan called the church bombings “an attempt tosabotage these peace talks.”

For Asia Calling, I am Mudassar Shah reports from

Peshawar, Pakistan.

“I could not see anything when I saw my children in the Church. I walked over several people to

reach my children. “



two suicide bombers rushed the church doors as worshipers streamed out on Sunday. One

attacker exploded his vest inside, the other just outside

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