Lahore under terror siege, three more places under attack

October 15th, 2009 LAHORE - At least 26 persons were killed including 16 security personnel, eight militants and two civilians in three different terror attacks that rocked Lahore on Thursday. Less than a week after the brazen commando style terror raid on the Pakistan Army General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, armed gunmen unleashed a reign of terror in Lahore targeting three separate security installations in the city, the Federal Investigation Agency building, the Manawan Police Training Academy, and the Elite Police Center.

October 15th, 2009 LAHORE - Terrorists wearing uniforms attacked the Manawan police training centre on the outskirts of this Pakistani city Thursday. Gunshots were heard at the Manawan police training centre in Lahore, Geo TV reported.

October 15th, 2009 LAHORE - Terrorists launched simultaneous attacks on three security establishments in this Pakistani city Thursday, killing at least seven people. Militants dressed in uniform stormed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the Manawan police training school, close to the India-Pakistan border, and the training centre of the Elite Force.

October 15th, 2009 LAHORE - The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the simultaneous terror attacks on three security establishments in this Pakistani city Thursday. The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the multiple attacks in Lahore, The News International reported.

October 15th, 2009 Official: 7 killed in attack on LahoreLAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistani official says seven people have been killed when a team of gunmen attacked the federal law enforcement building in the eastern city of Lahore. Senior official Sajjad Bhutta said Thursday the attack lasted about 1 1/2 hours and was over by 11 a.m.

October 13th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The toll in Pakistan's Swat region bombing has gone up to 45, a media report said Tuesday, as security agencies arrested 28 people for the attack on the army headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. The Shangla suicide attack toll went up to 45 when two more people succumbed to their injuries in district headquarter hospital, Geo TV reported Tuesday.

May 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A relatively unheard of terror group, the 'Tehrik-i-Taliban Punjab' has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's Lahore suicide attack in which over 30 persons, including 12 security officials were killed. According to the Dawn, the claim was made in Turkish-language and was posted on Turkish militant websites through an organization called the Elif Media.

May 28th, 2009 LAHORE - After every brazen terror strike in Pakistan, two claims are almost certain to follow. First, that the intelligence agencies had prior information about the attack, and second, involvement of 'foreign hand' namely India.

April 2nd, 2009 LAHORE - Indian passenger buses have been barred from entering the city in the wake of the terror attack on a police academy on its outskirts just 12 km from the Wagah border. When the New Delhi-Lahore bus arrived at Wagah Monday, Pakistani security forces were still attempting to recapture the Manawan academy from a group of terrorists who had taken hundreds of trainees hostage.

March 30th, 2009 LAHORE - The attack on the Lahore police training centre Monday was similar to the Mumbai terror strike, Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik said while the attack was in progress. Malik told Geo TV that the terror strike in Lahore was similar to the Nov 26-29, 2008 carnage in Mumbai that left about 170 people dead.

March 30th, 2009 LAHORE - The terror siege of the police training academy on the outskirts of this Pakistani city ended Monday afternoon. Pakistani commandos fired in the air in celebration, media reports said.

March 12th, 2009 LAHORE - The terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket players in Lahore last week has not only raised concerns over the 2011 cricket World Cup, but it also has alarmed British security agencies involved with preparations for the Twenty-20 World Cup this June. Twenty-20 World Cup Organising Committee Director Steve Elworthy has admitted the attacks have set alarm bells ringing among security agencies.

March 3rd, 2009 LAHORE - The terrorists who attacked the Sri Lankan team here Tuesday morning were the same who had struck in Mumbai, Punjab Governor Salman Taseer said. 'It was a planned terrorist act on the pattern of the attack on Mumbai.

January 28th, 2009 LAHORE - Three people, allegedly trained by Indian intelligence agency, were arrested Thursday, media reports here said. Lahore police chief Pervaiz Rathore told a press conference here that the three Pakistani citizens were arrested Thursday in a village close to the Indian border in Lahore, Geo TV reported.

January 28th, 2009 LAHORE - Three Pakistanis alleged to be Indian spies were arrested Thursday, and police said they had planned to attack an Islamist group linked to the Mumbai terrorist attack. Lahore police chief Pervaiz Rathore told reporters here that the three men were caught in a village close to the Indian border, Geo TV reported.