In Pakistan, Islamic students holed up in an Islamabad mosque are vowing a fight to the death in their four-day standoff with government forces. Tensions that have brewed for months came to a head this week after militant students reportedly kidnapped six Chinese prostitutes. An ensuing raid by government forces led to clashes that killed 19 people. More than 1,000 students are believed to remain inside. One surrendering student, identified as Bano, described the scene inside the mosque.

Bano: “And dead bodies are also lying inside, two Mujahideen brothers who were martyred last night, then an elderly sister who died the first day and a girl who died yesterday morning. She went onto the roof and was shot. There are four bodies lying in there.”