Lahore: Radical Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) on Saturday claimed that police shot dead 11 of its supporters as they attempted to march towards Islamabad to stage a demonstration outside the US embassy against Israel’s military actions in Gaza.

Authorities in Punjab, however, said that at least 40 policemen were injured in clashes with the TLP that began two days ago amid the group’s call for anti-Israel demonstrations.

A senior police officer told PTI that violent confrontations broke out on Saturday when 10,000 to 15,000 TLP workers, who had camped overnight at Azadi Chowk in Lahore, resumed their march towards Islamabad in the morning.

“The main clashes took place between Shahdara and Muridke areas, not far from Lahore, in which dozens of policemen and TLP workers

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