2019 Lahore bombing

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2019 Lahore bombing
Part of Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
LocationLahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Date8 May 2019; 08:44am
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Deaths13
Injured24
PerpetratorsJamaat-ul-Ahrar
MotiveTerrorism
Sectarian violence in Pakistan

The 2019 Lahore bombing was a suicide bomb attack that occurred on the morning of 8 May 2019 outside Data Darbar in Lahore, Pakistan. It killed at least 13 people[1] (including five policemen)[2] and injured at least 24 others.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] CCTV footage of the blast showed the bomber targeted an Elite Police mobile parked outside the shrine.[10] Hizbul Ahrar - a splinter group of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan - claimed responsibility for the attack.[11] On 9 May 2019, security forces arrested four suspects during a raid in Lahore's Garhi Shahu area.[12] On 10 May 2019, the provincial government formed a joint investigation team (JIT) to probe the incident.[13]

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  1. ^ "Data Darbar blast death toll rises to 13". Samaa. May 10, 2019.
  2. ^ "5 policemen martyred in explosion targeting Elite Force vehicle near Lahore's Data Darbar". Dawn. May 8, 2019.
  3. ^ "Lahore attack: At least 10 killed in suicide bombing outside Sufi shrine in Pakistan". The Independent. 8 May 2019.
  4. ^ Masood, Salman (2019-05-08). "Sufi Shrine Bombing in Pakistan Kills at Least 10". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  5. ^ "Pakistan: Suicide Bombing in Lahore Kills at Least 10". Time. Archived from the original on May 11, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  6. ^ "10 martyred in suicide blast at Data Darbar". www.thenews.com.pk. 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  7. ^ "Lahore suicide blast death toll rises to 11". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  8. ^ "Pakistan: Blast near major Sufi shrine in Lahore kills 10". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  9. ^ "Death toll rises to 11 in Lahore suicide attack outside Sufi shrine". The Hindu. PTI. 2019-05-09. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-05-09.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. ^ "Watch: Footage emerges of Lahore's Data Darbar blast". Samaa. May 8, 2019.
  11. ^ "Country Reports on Terrorism 2019: Pakistan". United States Department of State. 2020-12-01. Archived from the original on 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
  12. ^ "Security forces arrest 4 from Lahore in connection with Data Darbar bombing". Dawn. May 10, 2019.
  13. ^ "JIT formed to investigate Data Darbar blast". Express Tribune. May 10, 2019.

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