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Operation at Garhi Shahu completed. Both places are under control now. 2 arrested from Model Town.
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LAHORE: At least 20 people were killed when gunmen attacked worshippers from a minority sect in two areas of Lahore on Friday, police and rescue officials said.
The gunmen opened fire shortly after Friday prayers and threw grenades at two Ahmadi mosques in Lahore’s Model Town and Garhi Shahu neighbourhoods.
Some gunmen were still holed up inside one mosque in Model Town, police said.
“Some gunmen have managed to enter the worship place. We have surrounded it,” Illyas Saleem, a senior police officer in Model Town, told Reuters.
Witnesses said the attacks started shortly after prayers.
“I saw some gunmen run towards the Ahmadis' place of worship and then I heard blasts and gunfire,” Mohammad Nawaz, a resident, told Reuters.
Ahmadis are a minority Muslim sect founded in the late 19th century. Pakistan is the only Muslim state to have declared Ahmadis non-Muslims.
Its four million-odd members have seen their religious rights in overwhelmingly Muslim Pakistan curtailed by law.
Pakistan, a key US ally in the fight against militancy, is often the scene of sectarian violence, with militants from Sunni Muslim groups attacking Shia Muslim and Christian communities.
Nope news dont usually say these many innocent ppl or these many guilty people dead .
The update is 30 people inside mosque are dead.
1 terrorist killed, i badly injured and 1 captured.
The injured are taken into jinnah hospital nearby and most injuries are gun shot injuries.
what a shame
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un
Operation complete Punjab . All terrorists captured or Killed.
Punjab Pak Taliban has claimed responsibility.
It amazes me to think there was no intelligence about this kind of terrorist operation. Operations of this magnitude require some planning days ahead, and are very prone to leaks. It is really strange to see how it got executed so successfully.
It amazes me to think there was no intelligence about this kind of terrorist operation. Operations of this magnitude require some planning days ahead, and are very prone to leaks. It is really strange to see how it got executed so successfully.
we hear quite alot of Punjabi Taliban these days, how powerful they are compare to the TTP.