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Low-intensity explosions in Lahore
An explosion has occurred in a net cafe in the Garhi Shahu area of Lahore.
An explosion has occurred in the Garhi Shahu area of Lahore.
LAHORE: Two low-intensity cracker explosions occurred in the Garhi Shahu and Shahdara areas of Lahore on Saturday.
Four people were injured in the first blast that took place in a net cafe in Garhi Shahu. All the equipment present in the cafe has been severely damaged as well.
Another explosion took place in a net cafe in the Shahdara area of the city, where two owners and two customers were injured.
The bomb disposal squad confirmed that one pound worth of explosives were used in the net cafe blast.
Both blast sites have been cordoned off by the police and investigations are underway, while market in the Garhi Shahu area have started to close.
The injured were shifted to hospitals nearby.
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Thank God they didn’t let “tere bin laden” screen in Pakistan…Recommend
The sole purpose of this attack, the attack on CD market on HALL ROAD and the one near red light area is to talibanize Lahore..Recommend
I see it, along with other attacks, as operated from across our eastern borders. believe it or not, they are!Recommend
Moral brigade has started blowing up net cafes nowRecommend
They destroyed our people, our mosques, our cricket, our politics….and now they want to take away our computers too.Recommend
Its simply absurd to see Taliban bigots trying their luck in Lahore. These goons should realise we Lahoris are different people..our culture is different from their arab bedouin culture.Recommend
O Allah save this country from Fanatics, stubborn, extremist, ill mannered, ill minded terrorists….
No type of Islam teaches “terror” ………..Recommend
Only toilets are safe these days…every other place has been hit by these ill minded terrorists….!!!Recommend
What will they get from doing this ?? I ask for a sane answer whether to just what the hell is our government and law enforcement agnecies are doing ????Recommend
@Shakira: Haha nicely said…only toilets are safe :pRecommend