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| Soldiers carry coffin of Capt Shumaila Nadeem, who along with her husband & 2 daughters, was killed in Wagah border. |
LAHORE: Amid heart-wrenching scenes in Lahore's hospitals, where bodies of Wagah blast victims were handed over to their families after postmortem, Pakistani authorities announced the arrest of at least 20 people, including a suspected suicide bomber, for Sunday's attack. The death toll rose to 62 on Monday.
Authorities said they recovered 8kg explosive and a suicide vest from area flanking the blast site, even as entire Pakistan was on red alert on Muharram eve to deter any possible attack on Shias who've been targeted by the Taliban and its offshoots in the past. Cops in Lahore told news agencies that residential areas in Wagah were being searched and 20 people were arrested, including a 17-year-old suspected suicide-bomber, Abdul Rehman, a resident of Multan district, 350km away. Rehman had gone missing from a seminary in the old city of Lahore a month ago.
"Police along with an intelligence agency raided a house in Multan and arrested Rehman," a cop said, adding Rehman is now at an unknown place being questioned.
Cops in Lahore told news agencies that residential areas in Wagah were being searched and 20 people were arrested, including a 17-year-old suspected suicide-bomber, Abdul Rehman, a resident of Multan district, 350km away. Rehman had gone missing from a seminary in the old city of Lahore a month ago.
"Police along with an intelligence agency raided a house in Multan and arrested Rehman," a cop said, adding Rehman is now at an unknown place being questioned.
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