BAHAWALNAGAR BLAST – At least three people were killed while another 59 were injured during an explosion targeting an Ashura procession in Bahawalnagar on Thursday.
According to the details, the blast in Bahawalnagar was caused by a hand grenade thrown by a man at a procession passing by Jamia Masjid in Muhajir Colony around 10am in the morning.
The three people killed in the explosion in Bahawalnagar have been shifted to the Bahawalpur Victoria Hospital along with the injured who are undergoing treatment.
The attacker has been taken into custody as per reports.
The alleged attacker who hurled a cracker on ashora procession in Bahawalnagar has been arrested by police. The cracker blast reportedly killed five mourners and several injured.#bahawalnagar #عاشوراء#عاشوراءِ_حسینیؑ
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Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar chaired a high-level meeting at the Safe City Authority and ordered the Counter Terrorism Department to submit a detailed report on the Bahawalnagar blast after completing the investigation.
CTD has been directed to submit report of #Bahawalnagarattack after completing combing operation and inquiry
— Azhar Mashwani (@MashwaniAzhar) August 19, 2021
CM has instructed all relevant authorities to submit their reports in high levl meeting tomorrow on #MinareEPakistan incident pic.twitter.com/4rzdgV7BtP
It bears mentioning that authorities had already suspended mobile signals in major cities along the path of the processions in order to maintain security.
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