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About 30 students from a hardline Mosque raided an acupuncture clinic in the Pakistani capital early today and kidnapped five people, including three Chinese women.
The abductors were armed with batons when they broke into the clinic in the city's affluent F-8 neighbourhood around 1:00 am (0130 IST), the official added.
A member of the Red Mosque said that the raid was part of an anti-vice campaign.
"This place was used as a brothel house and despite our warnings the administration failed to take any action, so we decided to take action on our own," the mosque official said.
A senior security official said the students arrived at the clinic in three cars before entering the premises. The raiding party included 10 burqa-clad women students.
The remaining 20 kidnappers were men.
"The local administration is negotiating with the mosque to secure the release of the abducted people," he said.
Hardline clerics from the mosque in central Islamabad have carried out previous kidnappings of policemen and raids at alleged brothels, as well as shops selling music and videos, which its members consider vulgar.
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