Call to kill Blair

LONDON, OCT. 10. A London-based fundamentalist group, Al Muhajiroun, has given a call to British Muslims to ``assassinate'' the Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair, to avenge the bombing of Afghanistan.

Any Muslim, British or foreign, who ``wants to get rid of him (Blair)'' would not be punished under Islamic law, but praised, Mr. Abdul Rehman Saleem, a spokesman for the group was quoted by the Times daily today.

- PTI

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