Lahore (HRNW) Three people were killed and over 20 injured in a bomb explosion near Pan Mandi in Lahore’s New Anarkali Thursday afternoon.
Videos from the site show shops and motorcycles burned and damaged. People miles away heard the explosion and saw the grey smoke pluming in the sky.
The explosion left a crater at the site.
Punjab Health Minister Yasmeen Rashid said two people died, but Lahore police spokesperson Rana Arif confirmed to reporters that at least three people have been killed.
Lahore Deputy Commissioner has identified two of the dead as Ramdan, 31, and Absar 9. Reports say Absar’s parents are among the wounded.
The deputy commissioner said four of the injured were in critical condition.
Immediately after the incident was reported, rescue teams reached the site. The injured people have been moved to the hospital.
Lahore DIG Operations, in a media briefing, said it is suspected an explosive device was planted on a motorcycle. “But we would only be able to confirm this after the final investigation.”
Later, SSP Investigation Imran Kishwer confirmed that an unidentified man, placed high-intensity explosives weighing between one and 1.5 kilograms in the area. It is, however, yet to be investigated who he was.
Rana Arif said the device was triggered remotely.
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