LAHORE, Pakistan — At least 13 people were killed and 82 injured when an apparent Taliban suicide blast ripped through a protest in Lahore on Monday, Pakistani officials said, shattering the city’s growing sense of security. I saw the injured and bodies, saw flames surrounding the blast site, people were crying," witness Muhammad Tariq said. Chief of police in Punjab province of which Lahore is capital, said at least 13 people including six policemen were killed in the attack. The attack "seems to be a suicide blast", senior police official Amin Wains said, adding it had apparently targeted police trying to regulate the protest. Fight for Pakistan’s soulPrime Minister Nawaz Sharif called the Lahore blast a "tragedy" on Monday.

Source: Viet Nam News February 14, 2017 03:44 UTC