Lahore:Three Women Among 11 Killed In Suicide Attack
3 women among eleven killed while 61 others injured as a suicide bomber struck outside an intelligence office in Block K, Model Town, Lahore.
DCO Sajjad Bhutta confirmed that it was a suicide attack, and added that the intelligence office was targeted. The intelligence office building got completely damaged, while a 20 to 30 feet deep crater has been emerged. The blast was so powerful that its bang was heard miles away from the site, whereas many cars parked over there damaged and glasses of nearby building also got shattered. Smoke engulfed the whole area. According to sources, the adjacent Dr Israr Ahmed’s mosque and academy also damaged. Rescue efforts have been kicked off and ambulances rushed the scene and the injured are being shifted to hospitals. Security forces threw cordon around the area.
Talking to media, DCO Bhutta said that the toll could not be ascertained, adding that the injured are being retrieved from the rubble. He said that around seventy people were present at the blast site, while 600kg explosives were used in the incident. It merits to mention that two years ago on March, 11 2008, a suicide bomber struck the same Model Town besides two other places in the city.
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani strongly condemned the incident
11 dead, 70 Injured in Lahore blast
LAHORE, Pakistan News: The death toll in suicide car bomb attack at the offices of an investigative agency in Model Town area of Lahore has reached to 11, while the number of injured has reached to 70 as more injured taken out of the debris of the collapsed building.
According to sources the suicide bombing that created over six feet deep and 18 feet wide crater at the surface.
(Updated at 10:00 PST)
According to earlier reports at least eight persons said to be killed and 59 injured in a huge explosion in Model Town area of Lahore.
The injured were being shifted to Jinnah Hospital and other hospitals of Lahore.
The police have cordoned off the area after the blast.
The blast said to be occurred in office of an intelligence agency in Lahore that demolished the structure entirely and also damaged the adjacent buildings.
Several people said to be still trapped under the debris of the collapsed building.
According to Rescue 1122 and Edhi sources the death toll has reacehd to eight with recovery of another body from the collapsed building debris.
That 11 persons have been injured in the blast. He vowed to step up security measures to improve the situation.
According to sources it was a suicide bombing that created over 10 feet deep crater at surface. The building was said to be targeted earlier by the terrorists.
Emergency has been declared at hospitals of the city.
That the offices of an intelligence agency likely to be attacked by a suicide car bomb.
President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif, Governor of Sindh Ishrat-ul-Ebad and MQM Quaid Altaf Hussain have condemned the attack.
Rehman Malik Calls on Altaf Husain
LONDON, Pakistan News: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has called on Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Quaid Altaf Husain here today.
In the meeting Federal Minister delivered the messages of President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister (PM) Yusuf Raza Gilani to MQM Chief.
In the meeting they both agreed to solve all issues with mutual understanding.
It was also decided in the meeting to ensure the mutual consultation between higher leadership of both the political parties so that possible differences in future can be avoided.
Rehman Malik Calls on Altaf Husain was first posted on November 29, 2009 at 1:14 pm.
