[DAWN] At least 26 people, including nine coppers, were killed while 58 others were maimed in a bombing attack near the Arfa Karim IT Tower on Lahore's Ferozepur Road on Monday afternoon.Lahore's DIG Operations Dr Haider Ashraf said that the blast, which occurred at around 3:55pm, was a "suicide kaboom" and that "police were the target". The Tehrik-e-Taliban
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Pakistain (TTP) grabbed credit, stating that a "suicide attacker" had used a cycle of violence bomb to target police officials.
A CTD spokesperson confirmed that nine coppers were killed in the blast. The injured included at least six coppers.
Rescue 1122 teams shifted the injured to nearby hospitals, where an emergency had been imposed.
Punjab government spokesperson Malik Mohammad Ahmed said the attack had occurred at an old vegetable market in the Kot Lakhpat neighbourhood in Lahore. The area is a busy locality and the office of the Punjab
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Ashraf said it was believed earlier that the bomb was in a car, but it was later discovered that the vehicle belonged to a police officer, among the eight officers killed.
He said many of 54 wounded are policemen and several bystanders were wounded by the impact of the powerful blast. Ashraf added that near the blast site a high rise building houses important information technology offices but the apparent target was the police gathering.