Data Darbar blast: Funeral prayers for three of family offered in Multan
Last updated on: 09 May,2019 01:54 pm
Data Darbar blast: Funeral prayers for three of family offered in Multan.
MULTAN (Dunya News) – The funeral prayers for three of a family – who lost their lives in a suicide attack outside Data Darbar on Wednesday (yesterday) in Lahore – have been offered in their hometown.
Rafiq Ahmed, his son Ahmed Rafiq and cousin Mushtaq have been laid to rest in Multan’s Jhanday Wala area – their hometown.
Deputy Commissioner (DC), City Police Officer (CPO), Punjab Energy Minister, representatives of district administration and locals in large numbers offered the funeral prayers as the whole area was gripped with grief.
The victims’ family and locals demanded the government take strict action against the militants involved in the assault.
It is worth mentioning here that eleven people, including five 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 vehicle of police elite force near the entrance gate for female visitors to the 11th-century Data Darbar in Lahore.