The 2019 Lahore bombing was a
suicide bomb attack that occurred on the morning of 8 May 2019 outside
Data Darbar in
Lahore
Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest ...
, Pakistan. It killed at least 13 people (including five
policemen
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) and injured at least 24 others.
CCTV
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footage of the blast showed the bomber targeted an
Elite Police mobile parked outside the shrine. Hizbul Ahrar - a splinter group of
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
The Pakistani Taliban (), formally called the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan (Urdu/ ps, , lit=Student Movement of Pakistan, TTP), is an umbrella organization of various Islamist armed militant groups operating along the Afghan–Pakistani bor ...
- claimed responsibility for the attack. On 9 May 2019, security forces arrested four suspects during a raid in Lahore's
Garhi Shahu area. On 10 May 2019, the
provincial government
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In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government ...
formed a joint investigation team (JIT) to probe the incident.
See also
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July 2010 Lahore bombings
The July 2010 Lahore bombings occurred on 2010 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at the Sufi shrine, Data Darbar Complex. At least 50 people were killed and 200 others were hurt in the blasts. It was the bigges ...
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List of terrorist incidents in May 2019
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Terrorist incidents in Lahore since 2000
This is a list of terrorist incidents in Lahore since 2000.
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Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2019
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