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The muslim Christmas message.
Afzar told his congregation that "it is the duty of every good Muslim to kill Christians", according to Nazir Yaqub, a local police officer in Daska.
"Afzar told people, 'You should attack Christians and not even have food until you have seen their dead bodies'," Mr Yaqub said.
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Muslim cleric held over grenade attack on church
A radical Muslim cleric who urged the faithful to attack Christians is being questioned in connection with a Christmas Day grenade attack on a church in Pakistan.
The bombing left three young girls dead and 13 others wounded, police said.
Two assailants covered in burqas tossed a grenade into the middle of worshippers at a Christmas Day service in the village of Chianwala, 40 miles north west of Lahore.
The two attackers escaped after the attack.
Four of the injured are in a critical condition.
The cleric, who uses only one name, Afzar, was being detained because of his hateful remarks toward Christians made three days earlier in a sermon at a mosque in the district of Daska, where Chianwala is located, police said.
Afzar reportedly told his congregation that "it is the duty of every good Muslim to kill Christians", according to Nazir Yaqub, a local police officer in Daska.
"Afzar told people, 'You should attack Christians and not even have food until you have seen their dead bodies'," Mr Yaqub said.
Security had been increased at churches ahead of Christmas celebrations around mostly Islamic Pakistan, which has seen a string of Islamic militant attacks targeting Christians this year.
Police also say they found explosives and ammunition near a church in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. Church officials feared they had been the intended target of an attack.
