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Low-intensity explosions in Lahore

Published: July 17, 2010

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.

Reader Comments (10)

  • Jul 17, 2010 - 4:23PM

    Thank God they didn’t let “tere bin laden” screen in Pakistan…Recommend

  • Ali Faruq
    Jul 17, 2010 - 4:46PM

    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

  • Saif
    Jul 17, 2010 - 5:08PM

    I see it, along with other attacks, as operated from across our eastern borders. believe it or not, they are!Recommend

  • faraz
    Jul 17, 2010 - 8:04PM

    Moral brigade has started blowing up net cafes nowRecommend

  • Why oh Why
    Jul 17, 2010 - 8:56PM

    They destroyed our people, our mosques, our cricket, our politics….and now they want to take away our computers too.Recommend

  • SS
    Jul 17, 2010 - 8:58PM

    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

  • Disappointed
    Jul 17, 2010 - 9:26PM

    O Allah save this country from Fanatics, stubborn, extremist, ill mannered, ill minded terrorists….

    No type of Islam teaches “terror” ………..Recommend

  • Shakira
    Jul 17, 2010 - 9:28PM

    Only toilets are safe these days…every other place has been hit by these ill minded terrorists….!!!Recommend

  • Shadeed Disappointed
    Jul 18, 2010 - 12:55AM

    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

  • Bunty
    Jul 18, 2010 - 6:59AM

    @Shakira: Haha nicely said…only toilets are safe :pRecommend

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