Pakistan: Raids conducted in Punjab cities, suspects taken into custody

Security officials inspect the site of an explosion that killed at least three people and wounded several others in Lahore. Pic/AFP

Pakistani authorities on Thursday conducted raids across different cities of the Punjab province and took into custody several suspects in connection with the explosion outside the house of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and chief of the banned Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) Hafiz Saeed here.

At least three people were killed and 21 others injured in the blast that took place at a police picket outside Saeed's residence at the BOR Society in Johar Town at around 11 am on Wednesday. Some police officers guarding his house also suffered serious injuries. The windows and walls of Saeed's house were damaged from the impact of the blast. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast.

According to a Geo TV report, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Punjab Police on Thursday conducted raids across different cities of Punjab in connection with the blast. Quoting sources, the report said CTD has taken into custody several suspicious people. CTD and intelligence agencies have collected the evidence from the crime scene, the sources said. Agencies

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No. of people who were injured in the explosion

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