Afghans Threaten Suicide in Asylum Push
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From Times Wire Reports
Afghan asylum seekers with ropes and razors threatened to kill themselves if Irish police tried to expel them from a Dublin cathedral where they have mounted a six-day hunger strike.
Mediators, lawyers and human rights activists sought to broker a peaceful solution after police surrounded St. Patrick’s Cathedral, a major tourist attraction that has been shut down by the protest.
About 40 Afghan men, ages 17 to 45, occupied the cathedral Sunday and Monday.
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