{"id":552,"date":"2017-07-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/2017\/07\/24\/lahore-ferozepur-road-bomb-attack-leaves-at-least-26-dead\/"},"modified":"2023-04-30T05:29:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T04:29:15","slug":"lahore-ferozepur-road-bomb-attack-leaves-at-least-26-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishasianchristians.org\/full-previous-archive\/lahore-ferozepur-road-bomb-attack-leaves-at-least-26-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Lahore: Ferozepur Road bomb attack leaves at least 26 dead!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A motorcycle bomb attack at Kot Lakhpat, Lahore at 4.30pm (12.30 pm GMT) today has killed at least 26 people. The blast has left a further 54 people injured<br \/>\n    after the bomb exploded near a police station within a major market.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/lahorejulybo.jpg?Action=thumbnail&amp;algorithm=fill_proportional&amp;width=700\" width=\"700\"><\/p>\n<p>Senior police officer Haider Ashraf gave a press statement today in which he said that &#8216;a suicide bomber on a motorcycle targeted officers guarding<br \/>\n    a demolition site at Kot Lakhpat&#8217;s vegetable market&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Many policemen are counted among the wounded after the powerful blast tore through people along Ferozepur Road, a main thoroughfare that traverses<br \/>\n    through Lahore.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> Local hospitals have been put on alert after the government declared a state of emergency.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> The bomb exploded in one of the most secure parts of the city, in fact Chief Minister of Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif&#8217;s office is only a few hundred metres<br \/>\n    away from the detonation site.<\/p>\n<p>BPCA sent two officers to the site of the explosion, Naveed Aziz and Ambar Saroya who offered help to survivors including providing bottles of water.<br \/>\n    Whilst talking to the many people in the area we have discovered that a Christian man named Ilyas Masih was amongst those slain by this terrible attack<br \/>\n    and we intend to meet with his family to see what help we can offer. &nbsp;During the next few days we will be visiting all the survivors Christian<br \/>\n    or Muslim at both Itefaq Hospital and General Hospital based in Lahore and will be offering prayers and counselling. &nbsp;Whilst there a Christian<br \/>\n    victim shared a gruesome video he took. &nbsp;Please be warned it is very graphic and you may want to avoid watching this for a number of reasons:<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qdMWz1R8VDM\" allowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Wilson Chowdhry, Chairman of the British Pakistani Christian Association, said:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(79, 129, 189);\">&#8220;Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families. We will offer whatever support and assistance we can to all affected by this latest bomb blast.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He added:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(79, 129, 189);\">&#8220;In recent bomb attacks Tehreek-e-Taliban-Pakistan under the guise of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar have illustrated a resolve of repeatedly targeting the police and other security personnel. Ostensibly they have moved away from targeting minorities despite that having better public support in an increasingly extremist nation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(79, 129, 189);\">&#8220;The incident also raises possibilities of renewed targeting of public congregations in which Lahore may become a favoured focal point for future terrorist attacks. This is extremely worrying as Lahore is regarded as a strong base of support for current Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and political party Pakistan Muslim League (N).&#8221;&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n    <br \/> <strong><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">British Pakistani Christian Association have initiated an appeal to help victims of this terrorist attack. You can contribute by clicking <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/britishpakistanichristians.worldsecuresystems.com\/donate\" style=\"font-size: 18px;\">(here)<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n    <br \/><strong><br \/>Read update after BPCA met victims and\/or their families &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishpakistanichristians.org\/blog\/latest-ferozepur-bomb-attack-families-visited\">(click here)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although no group has yet claimed responsibility for the bomb attack, the attack mirrors one that took place on Mall Road, Lahore on 13th February<br \/>\n    2017. &nbsp;On that occasion a protest rally was targeted and police and journalists were killed with protest participants, when a motorcyclist drove<br \/>\n    into the crowd of people before detonating an incendiary device. On that occasion Taliban splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claimed responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Lahore also suffered a bomb attack on April 5th 2017, when soldiers and census administrators were targeted near a armed vehicle involved in census<br \/>\n    data collection. &nbsp;Eight people were killed and 24 injured.<\/p>\n<p>On Easter day 2016, 75 people were killed and over 360 injured after Christians celebrating Easter were also targeted by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar in Gulshan<br \/>\n    Park, Lahore.<br \/>\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A motorcycle bomb attack at Kot Lakhpat, Lahore at 4.30pm (12.30 pm GMT) today has killed at least 26 people. The blast has left a further 54 people injured after the bomb exploded near a police station within a major market. 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