16 March 2018 10:44 am Views - 1276
LAHORE AFP March14, 2018 -At least seven people were killed and 20 wounded late Wednesday in a motorcycle bomb attack on a police check-post near Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore, officials said.
The blast took place in the suburb of Raiwind in Lahore, the main town of central Punjab province, near a mosque hosting a religious congregation.
“At least seven people including some police officials have been killed, the bomb was planted in a motorbike,” Jam Sajjad, a spokesman for emergency services, told AFP.
Shahid Waheed, a senior government official in Lahore confirmed the attack and said the police check-post was the target.
“More than 20 people have been wounded and taken to hospitals,” Waheed added.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for Saudi Arabia the attack.