Related News
Blast targets security office in Pakistan's Lahore
Source: Agencies |
March 8, 2010, Monday
|
Online Edition
Online Edition
SEVERAL people were injured in a bomb attack on the office of Pakistan's central investigation agency on the eastern city of Lahore today, police and witnesses said.
The bomb exploded near the office of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) at the Model Town locality.
Officials said that suspected militants were being interrogated in the FIA building.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack. But suspected Taliban militants attacked the FIA building in Lahore in the past.
The FIA building was destroyed, witnesses said. The blast heard in few kilometers in Lahore, the capital of Punjab province, residents said.
Officials said that dozens of people were inside the FIA building when the bomb struck the office.
Ambulances rushed to the site and shifted the injured to several nearby hospitals.
Residents said that windows of several buildings were smashed.
The bomb exploded near the office of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) at the Model Town locality.
Officials said that suspected militants were being interrogated in the FIA building.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack. But suspected Taliban militants attacked the FIA building in Lahore in the past.
The FIA building was destroyed, witnesses said. The blast heard in few kilometers in Lahore, the capital of Punjab province, residents said.
Officials said that dozens of people were inside the FIA building when the bomb struck the office.
Ambulances rushed to the site and shifted the injured to several nearby hospitals.
Residents said that windows of several buildings were smashed.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
