2019 Lahore bombing
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 (including five policemen) and injured at least 24 others. CCTV footage of the blast showed the bomber targeted an Elite Police mobile parked outside the shrine. Hizbul Ahrar - a splinter group of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan - claimed responsibility for the attack. On 9 May 2019, security forces arrested four suspects during a raid in Lahore's Garhi Shahu area. On 10 May 2019, the provincial government formed a joint investigation team (JIT) to probe the incident.
| 2019 Lahore bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Location | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Date | 8 May 2019; 08:44am |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Deaths | 13 |
| Injured | 24 |
| Perpetrators | Jamaat-ul-Ahrar |
| Motive | Terrorism Sectarian violence in Pakistan |
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