Funeral prayers of Data Darbar blast victims offered

At least 10 people, including four elite force personnel were killed in a suicide attack.

LAHORE (Dunya News) - The funeral prayers of police officials who were killed in a suicide blast near Data Darbar Lahore have been offered.

The funeral prayers were offered in police lines Qila Gujjar Singh. The funeral prayers were attended by Governor Punjab Ch Sarwar, CM Punjab Usman Buzdar and provincial law minister Raja Basharat.

IG Punjab Arif Nawaz Khan, CCPO Lahore and other police officers also attended the funeral prayers. The martyrs were paid homage by police band.

The dead bodies were handed over to relatives after the collective funeral prayers. The martyrs include head constable Gulzar Ali, Shahid Nazir, Muhammad Sohail and Constable Muhammad Salim. The victims belong to Lahore, Kasur, Gujranwala and Sargodha.

At least 10 people, including four elite force personnel, a security guard and five civilians, were martyred and 30 others sustained critical wounds on Wednesday morning in a suicide attack targeting vehicles of police elite force near the entrance gate for female visitors to the 11th-century Data Darbar (shrine) in Lahore.

The injured persons, including two women and three police officers, were shifted to hospitals, where an emergency has been imposed, for their treatment. Some of the patients are said to be critical. Many wounded persons were shifted to the Mayo Hospital.

Hundreds of Muslims were at the Data Darbar as the country marks the holy month of Ramazan. The impact of the blast shattered the windows in nearby vehicles and buildings, bystanders told the media.

According to reports, police has determined the age of the suicide bomber to be around 15-16 years and his hand has been sent to the NADRA for fingerprint recognition.