Bomb blast in Lahore upscale shopping centre kills at least 10

It was a bomb blast in an upscale shopping centre in Lahore that killed at least 10 people and is the latest attack in a surge of violence that has shaken the country. The intensity of the blast smashed the windows of most of the nearby buildings. It was in a residential neighbourhood where there are banks and coffee shops.
The bomb that was detonated either remotely or by a timer and it has resulted in a huge crater at the site.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 24 February 2017.

Such militant attacks are not new in Pakistan. In recent weeks such attacks has taken a toll of at least 130 people. One of the attacks was in a Sufi shrine in southern Sindh province where 90 people were killed. Government and military officials are determined to hunt down militants across the country. Pakistan has already shut its border with Afghanistan and, after the shrine bombing, Pakistani security forces are believed to have eliminated more than 100 suspected militants in targeted campaigns across the country.


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It was another suicide attack in Pakistan and this time it was in Lahore where at least 70 people were killed in Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park of Allama Iqbal Town on Sunday evening. Another over 250 were injured and the responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan Jamaatul Ahrar.
This has been reported in dawn.com dated 28 March 2016.

Iqbal Town Superintendent Police has confirmed this was a suicide attack and that it happened at a children's park where women and children were present in large numbers. The area is a well known residential area of Lahore and the blast was just outside the exit gate and a few feet away from the children's swings.
The head of the suicide bomber was recovered and ball bearings were also found at the site. The park is quite large and has several entrance gates and there were almost no security personnel present.


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#Youhanabad #lahoreblast #sundaymass #PakistanTaliban #suicidebomber Christians make up hardly two percent of the population of Pakistan but, two bomb blasts targeting two churches in Lahore, the capital of the densely populated Punjab province, and has left behind at least 10 dead with another 50 injured as reported in bbc.com dated 15 March 2015.
The death toll as per local media has reached 14.
The explosions happened at the Catholic Church and Christ Church in the city's Youhanabad area. There were large crowds already in the area to attend Sunday mass. Incidentally, the Christian community of Pakistan has often been targeted by militants even though the Christians form a negligible percentage.
The responsibility of the attack has been claimed by an offshoot of the Pakistan Taliban that calls itself Jamatul Ahrar.
As per the witnesses, the attack was carried out by suicide bombers but this has not been confirmed by the police. The bombers are believed to have set off their explosives at the gates of the churches.
The bomb blasts led to violence and protesters carrying sticks blocked Lahore's Ferozepur Road and also attacked a bus station.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Mamnoon Hussain have condemned these latest bombings.

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