Suicide blast claims ten lives in Raiwind, leaves 19 injured
A suicide attacker targeted a picket ahead of a religious congregation underway in Lahore's Raiwind.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – A suicide blast claimed ten lives and left over 19 wounded as the attacker targeted a police picket ahead of a religious congregation underway in Raiwind area.
Police confirmed the nature of the blast and declared it a suicide attack asserting that a terrorist approached the check post using a motorcycle. While briefing the media, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Operations Wing, Dr Haider Ashraf said that police were target of the attack and two sub-inspectors and three constables embraced martyrdom among nine persons.
Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) and Station House Officer (SHO) were among four police who were wounded along with the locals. The injured were shifted to Jinnah Hospital and Tehsil Headquarters Hospital (THQ) in Raiwind.
The attack has come when Lahore is days away from hosting two play-off matches of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2018, cricket-loving nation s indeginous cricket league that is presently underway in Dubai and Sharjah.
International cricket players are to be arrive in Pakistan to participate in the matches.
Last year in February, a suicide attack on Mall Road of Lahore claimed as many as 14 lives including a celebrated police officer, weeks ahead of the final match of PSL that was played in Qaddafi Stadium.
A spokesman for Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, a faction of the Tehrik-i-Taliban had telephoned Reuters and claimed responsibility for the February 14 attack.
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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 Tehrik-i-Taliban still pose a threat and have carried out mass attacks.
The suicide attacker for Mall Road blast was traced back to Afghanistan while an accomplice was nabbed.
