Wagah Border attack in Pakistan kills 55, injures 120
A bomb exploded near a Pakistani paramilitary checkpoint, killing tens of people near the country's eastern border with India in an attack suspected to be the work of a suicide bomber (Photo: AP)- Sharif expressed "grief and sorrow" over the attack in a statement issued by his office and ordered those responsible to be brought to justice (Photo: AP)
- The explosion ripped through Zakkakhel Bazar near Landi Kotal area. Picture used for representational purpose only. (Photo: AP)
- The attack is a rare strike in Punjab, Pakistan's richest and most populous province and powerbase of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, which has been spared the worst of the bloody wave of Islamist violence that has assailed the country in recent years
- The explosion, which wounded more than 120, came at Wagah border gate near the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore after the "flag-lowering" ceremony, a display of military pageantry that attracts thousands of spectators every day and is popular with
- A child injured in a bomb explosion receives initial treatment at a local hospital in Lahore (Photo: AP)
A bomb exploded near a Pakistani paramilitary checkpoint, killing tens of people near the country's eastern border with India in an attack suspected to be the work of a suicide bomber (Photo: AP)
Wagah Border attack in Pakistan kills 55, injures 120
Next Story
