[1] Lal Masjid Update. "Red Mosque rebel cleric killed in crossfire," from [2] CNN:

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi, the leader at the center of the week-long Red Mosque siege in Islamabad, has been killed, Pakistan's Interior Ministry told CNN.

Ghazi's body was recovered shortly after he was killed in an exchange of fire between Pakistani forces and militants holed up in the mosque, the ministry said.

The ongoing operation began around 16 hours ago after talks to end the siege peacefully failed.

CNN's Syed Mohsin Naqvi said, according to police sources, 68 women and children have left the compound so far and are safe but that hundreds more remain inside.

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"After 11 hours of negotiations, we are deeply disappointed that the talks did not succeed," Hussain said, adding that Abdul Rashid Ghazi -- the cleric leading the stand -off inside -- said "no" to every offer from the government.