About 200 Pakistani students, protesting against the Danish cartoons, broke through a high-security cordon in Islamabad and damaged 40 parked and Government cars. They fought pitched battles with the police and dispersed only when the police fired tear gas shells and lathi charged the crowd. In Lahore, a crowd attacked American fast food joints, damaging property, and tried to attack a bank. The police fired several rounds killing 2 protestors. In Peshawar, 1500 protestors blocked the main artery by burning tires.