2013 Lahore bombing: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|2013 Bombing Disaster}}

{{Infobox civilian attack

| title = 2013 Lahore bombing

| location = [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]

| target =

| coordinates =

| date = 6 July 2013

| type = Bombing

| fatalities = 5

| injuries = 40

{{Pakistan terrorist attacks}}

On 6 July 2013, a [[Time bomb|time-device]] bomb blast occurred in the [[food street]] of the [[Anarkali Bazaar|Old Anarkali]] district, in the eastern city of [[Lahore]], [[Pakistan]]. The blast killed five people and injured dozens of others.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/573379/seven-people-injured-in-lahore-explosion/|title=Lahore bomb blast kills 3, injures 37|work=The Express Tribune|date=6 July 2013|access-date=6 July 2013}}</ref>

==Background==

Lahore, the second largest city of Pakistan, an important political, economic and cultural center of the country, and capital of the [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] province, has been relatively free of violence and terrorism compared to other parts of the country.<ref name="samaa"/> The food street attack was the first major incident of terrorism in the city in three years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23215319|title=Pakistan bomb kills four in Lahore restaurant district|work=BBC|date=7 July 2013|access-date=8 July 2013}}</ref> The Anarkali food street area comes under the [[Constituency NA-120|NA-120]] constituency of the [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]], from where Prime Minister [[Nawaz Sharif]], a native of Lahore, contested and emerged victorious in the [[2013 Pakistani general election|2013 general election]].<ref name="suspects">{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/573632/lahore-food-street-attack-90-suspects-arrested-as-death-toll-rises/|title=Lahore food street attack: 90 suspects arrested as death toll rises|work=Express Tribune|date=7 July 2013|access-date=8 July 2013}}</ref>

==Incident==

The blast was triggered by a time-device bomb. The blast occurred on the night of Saturday on 6 July 2013. Two people died on the spot while three succumbed to their injuries at [[Mayo Hospital]] on Sunday, bringing the death toll to five. The deaths were confirmed by police and [[Rescue 1122]] officials. Mirza Taimoor, a student of GC university Lahore was also injured severely in this incident.<ref name="hindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/bomb-blast-in-lahore-kills-five-injures-30/article4891120.ece|title=Bomb blast in Lahore kills five, injures 30|work=The Hindu|date=7 July 2013|access-date=8 July 2013}}</ref>

==Investigations==

[[Punjab Police (Pakistan)|Police]] rounded up over 200 suspects, most of them [[Afghans in Pakistan|Afghan]] nationals, during an operation a day after the incident.<ref name="samaa">{{cite news|url=http://www.samaa.tv/newsdetail.aspx?ID=68557|title=Lahore blast: Over 200 Afghan nationals arrested in police swoop|work=[[SAMAA TV|SAMAA]]|date=7 July 2013|access-date=8 July 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130708123212/http://www.samaa.tv/newsdetail.aspx?ID=68557|archive-date=8 July 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Two injured brothers, said to hail from the [[Bajaur Agency]] in the northwestern [[Federally Administered Tribal Areas|tribal areas]], were also interrogated.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.samaa.tv/newsdetail.aspx?ID=68569&CID=1|title=Two brothers under investigation for Lahore blast|work=Samaa|date=7 July 2013|access-date=8 July 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130708123155/http://www.samaa.tv/newsdetail.aspx?ID=68569&CID=1|archive-date=8 July 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Late on Sunday, police reported that a group called the [[Baloch Liberation Tigers]] (BLT) claimed responsibility for the attack. The BLT is said to be a splinter [[Baloch nationalism|Baloch militant group]] involved in the [[Balochistan conflict|insurgency in Balochistan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://dawn.com/news/1023655/waiting-for-a-solution-lahore-blast|title=Waiting for a solution — Lahore blast|work=Dawn|date=8 July 2013|access-date=8 July 2013}}</ref>

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[[Category:2013 murders in Pakistan]]

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[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Lahore]]

[[Category:Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2013]]

[[Category:Balochistan Liberation Army attacks]]

[[Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in Pakistan]]

[[Category:Mass murder in 2013]]

[[Category:July 2013 events in Pakistan]]

[[Category:Marketplace attacks in Pakistan]]