Four dead, 19 injured in blast outside sufi shrine in Lahore

DN Bureau

At least four people were killed and 19 others sustained injuries in a blast outside the Data Darbar shrine in Lahore on Wednesday morning.

A site of the blast
A site of the blast


Lahore: At least four people were killed and 19 others sustained injuries in a blast outside the Data Darbar shrine in Lahore on Wednesday morning.

As per initial reports the suicide attack was near a car of police elite force which was in the immediate vicinity of Data Darbar in Lahore, local media reported.

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Meanwhile, rescue and police officers have rushed to the spot along with a heavy convoy of police forces, and the injured persons are being shifted to nearby hospitals for medical attention.

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According to sources, the police’s elite force was made the target of the blast. Further investigation of the incident is underway. (UNI)










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