Cartoon Protests, or Energizer Bunny

70,000 gather for violent Pakistan cartoons protest

By Times Online and agencies

Two people, including an eight-year-old boy, have died during a second day of violent protests across Pakistan over depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in European newspapers.

Dozens of demonstrators were injured in clashes with police in Peshawar, the restive capital of North West Frontier Province near the border with Afghanistan, when a crowd of 70,000 marauded through the streets, burning three cinemas, scores of cars and a KFC outlet.

Further protests also took place in Lahore, where 1,500 students staged an unannounced rally outside Punjab University...