Dunya News obtains CCTV footage of Mall Road suicide blast
Suspected terrorist detonates his vest as he reaches near police officers at Charing Cross.
LAHORE (Dunya News) - Dunya News on Tuesday obtained CCTV footage of suicide blast near Punjab Assembly on Mall Road which claimed 13 lives and injured more than 80 people.
It can be clearly seen in video that suicide bomber emerged from Regal Chowk and moved towards Charing Cross where police officials, including Capt (retd) Ahmed Mobin and SSP operations Zahid Gondal, were gathered to hold negotiations with protestors.
Suspected terrorist detonates his vest as he reaches near Aaj TV’s DSNG. Fire erupted immediately after the explosion and clouds of smoke engulfed the spot.
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Seven police officers including DIG Traffic Capt (r) Ahmed Mobin and SSP Operations Zahid Gondal were among the dead when the explosion rocked a protest organized by Pakistan’s chemists and pharmaceuticals manufacturers on Mall Road at around 6:10 pm.
According to sources, ten to fifteen kilograms of explosives were used in the attack.
Police said evidence has been collected from the blast site whereas authorities are trying to identify the attacker through fingerprints.
Emergency was declared at hospitals across the city where more than 70 injured people were shifted for treatment.
Most of those injured include police officers.
A spokesman for Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, a faction of the Tehreek-e-Taliban, called Reuters and claimed responsibility.
Jamaat-ur-Ahrar had also claimed responsibility for an Easter Day bombing in Lahore last year that killed more than 70 people in a public park.
Security in Pakistan has vastly improved in recent years but terrorist groups such as the Tehreek-e-Taliban and Daesh still pose a threat and have carried out mass attacks.
