Lahore: Five days after striking at the heart of the Pakistani military headquarter, the Taliban laid siege to this cultural capital of the country Thursday, staging simultaneous and "multi-directional" attacks at three police establishments that have killed at least thirty seven people, police and eyewitnesses said.
Pakistani volunteers remove a body as they walk past an attackers body (R) at the premises of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) - criminal police building after gunmen attacked in Lahore on October 15, 2009. Eleven people, including six security officials, died after gunmen stormed three police buildings in Pakistan's eastern city Lahore on October 15, a senior police official said. AFP PHOTO/ARIF ALI
Armed men dressed in military uniform stormed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the training centre of the Elite Force and the Manawan police training school that is just 12 km from the India-Pakistan border. There were women in those who carried out the attack. There was heavy exchange of fire in all three establishments. Loud blasts and gunshots could be heard, eyewitnesses said. Helicopters hovered above to keep a watch on the terror drama unfolding across the city.
Lahore Commissioner of Police Khusro Pervez told Dawn News that it was a "multi-directional attack".
Taliban owns up assault
The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) that had claimed responsibility for the audacious assault on the Pakistani General Headquarters (GHQ) in the garrison town of Rawalpindi Saturday, owned up Thursday's attacks.
Pervez said seven people were killed in the attack on the FIA building and three people injured. These included two terrorists - a third was taken into custody, media reports said. The FIA, Pakistan's federal law enforcement agency, is located close to a school.
An official of the Ganga Ram Hospital confirmed that the dead bodies have been transferred to the facility.
"The FIA building has been cleared and search operations are being carried out in the surrounding areas," Pervez said, adding that a suicide jacket had been recovered.
At the Elite Force headquarters at Bedian Road, 10 terrorists, including three women, barged into the premises, lobbing grenades and firing indiscriminately. Police said the exchange of fire was still on and the complex had been encircled.
Six armed terrorists stormed into the Manawan academy, located five km from the Elite Force establishment, lobbing grenades and firing from automatic weapons.
According to Pervez, security forces were still searching for the terrorists. This was the second attack on the establishment this year after the March 30 assault that left 13 people dead.
Pakistani volunteers remove a body as they walk past an attackers body (R) at the premises of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) - criminal police building after gunmen attacked in Lahore on October 15, 2009. Eleven people, including six security officials, died after gunmen stormed three police buildings in Pakistan's eastern city Lahore on October 15, a senior police official said. AFP PHOTO/ARIF ALI
Armed men dressed in military uniform stormed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the training centre of the Elite Force and the Manawan police training school that is just 12 km from the India-Pakistan border. There were women in those who carried out the attack. There was heavy exchange of fire in all three establishments. Loud blasts and gunshots could be heard, eyewitnesses said. Helicopters hovered above to keep a watch on the terror drama unfolding across the city.
Lahore Commissioner of Police Khusro Pervez told Dawn News that it was a "multi-directional attack".
Taliban owns up assault
The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) that had claimed responsibility for the audacious assault on the Pakistani General Headquarters (GHQ) in the garrison town of Rawalpindi Saturday, owned up Thursday's attacks.
Pervez said seven people were killed in the attack on the FIA building and three people injured. These included two terrorists - a third was taken into custody, media reports said. The FIA, Pakistan's federal law enforcement agency, is located close to a school.
An official of the Ganga Ram Hospital confirmed that the dead bodies have been transferred to the facility.
"The FIA building has been cleared and search operations are being carried out in the surrounding areas," Pervez said, adding that a suicide jacket had been recovered.
At the Elite Force headquarters at Bedian Road, 10 terrorists, including three women, barged into the premises, lobbing grenades and firing indiscriminately. Police said the exchange of fire was still on and the complex had been encircled.
Six armed terrorists stormed into the Manawan academy, located five km from the Elite Force establishment, lobbing grenades and firing from automatic weapons.
According to Pervez, security forces were still searching for the terrorists. This was the second attack on the establishment this year after the March 30 assault that left 13 people dead.
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