Lahore:Three Women Among 11 Killed In Suicide Attack

Lahore:Three Women Among 11 Killed In Suicide Attack

3 women among the eleven were killed while 61 others were injured in a suicide attack outside the office of intelligence in Block K, Model Town, Lahore.
Link carpets Botha said he was a suicide attack, adding that the intelligence office was the target. Building and the Intelligence Bureau has been completely destroyed, while 20 to 30 feet deep hole has appeared. The explosion was so powerful that a bang was heard miles away from the site, while many of the cars had been parked on the extent of the damage and cups from a nearby building as was shattered. Smoke engulfed the entire region. According to the sources, and the adjacent Dr. Israr Ahmed Mosque and the Academy were also damaged. Rescue efforts have begun and ambulances rushed to the scene and the wounded being taken to hospitals. Security forces threw a cordon around the area.
To talk to the media, said the Liaison Office that the death Botha could not be ascertained, adding that the injured were being retrieved from under the rubble. He said that approximately seventy people were present at the blast site, while the 600kg of explosives used in the incident. It is worth to mention that two years ago in March, July 11 2008, in a suicide attack in the same Model Town along with two other places in the city.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani strongly condemned the incident