Source & Credit: The Express Tribune
May 29, 2010 | Ahmadiyya Times
LAHORE: The death toll of Lahore attacks rose to 93 while the last rituals of victims are underway in Chenab Nagar on Saturday.
At least 88 people were killed and over 200 injured as terrorists attacked Friday congregations of the Ahmadis in twin assaults in Lahore.
An FIR has been registered against six terrorists for attacking the worship place of the Ahmedi community in Garhi Shahu, Lahore. Police sources said that the FIR has been lodged under the anti-terrorism act, explosive act, and includes other serious charges.
An FIR into the Model Town attack has not been lodged yet.
Talking to the media, Commissioner Lahore Khusro Pervez said that three suicide bombers in Garhi Shahu and one in Model Town blew themselves up. He said that two terrorists have been arrested from Model Town and a suicide jacket has also been seized from one of them.
The commissioner said that the links of the captured terrorists have not been ascertained yet, though the involvement of India’s spy agency RAW can not be ruled out.
Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik, while talking to Express, said that his ministry sent two alerts to the Punjab government about attacks in Lahore.
The United States has condemned the attacks on the worship places in Lahore.
State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told the reporters in Washington that the attacks are a brutal form of violence against innocent civilians.
Jacques de Maiohas , Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross in South Asia, said that such attacks against civilians are carried out to spread terror. He added that the attacks are highly alarming and unacceptable.
European Union diplomatic chief Catherine Ashton said she was appalled.
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