At least 30 persons were killed and 300 others were injured when suicide bombers rammed their explosive laden vehicle into Rescue 15 police office building in Lahore capital of Punjab on Wednesday morning.
‘Five militants had started firing on Rescue 15 police Lahore building from their vehicle and finally rammed the vehicle into the office building, 30 persons were killed and 300 others were injured, most among the dead are police officials, near by buildings were also damaged with explosion.,’ private TV channel and government electronic media reports.
‘President Asif Ali Zardari had condemned the violent incident and had announced compensation money for police victims of suicide bomb attack,’ media reports.
‘Advisor on Interior affairs Mr. Rehman Malik has said that Lahore suicide bomb attack is reaction of security forces operation in Swat,’ media reports.
‘Security forces had started operation in Malakand division when militant leader Maulana Sufi Muhammad after a peace deal with NWFP government on a pre condition of implementation of Nizam I Adal regulation, had further declared parliament of Pakistan and federal judiciary as unIslamic, and his militants had started their activities in Dir and Bunair,’ media reports.
‘Eleven hundred militants and 63 security forces men and officers were killed in Malakand division in ongoing battle between security forces, millions of people are displaced from this troubled region and are living in camps as refugees in Peshawar and other districts of NWFP, Bunair is cleared from militants and IDP’s of Bunair can now go back to their homes,’ media reports.
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