{"id":60711,"date":"2018-03-15T05:35:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T05:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=60711"},"modified":"2018-03-15T05:35:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T05:35:48","slug":"bomb-kills-9-wounds-27-eastern-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/bomb-kills-9-wounds-27-eastern-pakistan.html","title":{"rendered":"Bomb kills 9, wounds 27 in eastern Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bomb kills 9, wounds 27 in eastern Pakistan<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

A suspected suicide bombing near a police checkpoint killed five police and four bystanders and wounded 27 others on Wednesday near the city of Lahore in eastern Pakistan, police said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Haider Ashraf, Lahore police chief, said that evidence collected from the scene suggested it was a suicide attack. However, investigators and explosives experts were working to ascertain whether the bomb was planted near the checkpoint. He said he believes the police were targeted.<\/span><\/p>\n

The checkpoint is located near a religious group\u2019s main congregation place in Raiwind near Lahore, the capital of Punjab province.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ashraf said evidence at the scene suggested a motorcycle was used.<\/span><\/p>\n

Police said the blast took place after evening prayers and most members of the religious group had exited into the street, some making purchases nearby.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ashraf said many of the wounded were police and three were hospitalized in critical condition. Other wounded included members of the Islamic preaching group known as Tablighi Jamaat.<\/span><\/p>\n

The main country\u2019s Taliban group Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the bombing, saying it was a suicide attack.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lahore and its surroundings have seen many bomb and suicide attacks in recent years, killing scores.<\/span><\/p>\n

A suicide attack near a software technology park in Lahore killed 26 people and wounded over 50 in July last year. Three months earlier, a suicide bombing targeted a Pakistani government census team, killing at least six people in the eastern city of Lahore.<\/span><\/p>\n

In February last year, 18 people were killed, including several police officials, and more than 80 wounded in a suicide attack during a protest on a busy intersection of Lahore.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Easter Sunday in 2016, at least 75 people were killed and hundreds other wounded in a suicide bombing that hit the main entrance of a park.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia_pacific\/bomb-kills-4-wounds-20-in-eastern-pakistan\/2018\/03\/14\/6e27f2ec-27b0-11e8-a227-fd2b009466bc_story.html?utm_term=.4d041e9c54eb<\/span><\/p>\n

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