On 5 April 2017, a
suicide bomber
A suicide attack is any violent Strike (attack), attack, usually entailing the attacker detonating an explosive, where the attacker has suicide, accepted their own death as a direct result of the attacking method used. Suicide attacks have oc ...
killed at least eight people and wounded 24 near a Pakistan Army vehicle taking part in the census in the city of
Lahore, Pakistan
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...
. The injured were shifted to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) and General Hospital.
Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan
The Pakistani Taliban (), formally called the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan (Urdu/ ps, , lit=Student Movement of Pakistan, TTP), is an umbrella organization of various Islamist armed militant groups operating along the Afghan–Pakistani bor ...
claimed responsibility, saying it was carried out in revenge against security personnel.
On the 8th of April, Pakistani police killed 10 Taliban gunmen in a gun battle in Lahore.
Pakistani police say 10 militants killed in gun battle in Lahore
Reuters, 8 April 2017, Mubasher Bukhari
See also
* February 2017 Lahore suicide bombing
On 13 February 2017, a suicide bombing took place on the Mall Road in Lahore, Pakistan, where a group of chemists and pharmacists were holding a protest at Charing Cross in front of the Punjab provincial assembly. According to Punjab Police ...
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