Data Darbar blast: New revelations surface in initial investigations
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*ISLAMABAD - The law enforcing agencies have detained four suspected facilitators of the terrorist responsible for an explosion near Lahore’s Data Darbar on May 8. Twelve people died in the blast. *
The suspects were located with the help of Safe City cameras. The police arrested the suspects from a tea shop in Garhi Shahu’s market. The shop was opened four months ago, the police said.
The suicide bomber reached the site in a motorcycle rickshaw. Its driver has been taken into custody too.
Punjab’s police chief said in an interview on Wednesday that the police were “100%” the target of the attack. A 7kg bomb was detonated by a suicide bomber by a mobile of the Elite Force outside the Data Darbar Shrine at 8:54am. The vehicle was parked 200 to 300 metres from the entrance to the shrine.
CCTV footage of the attack emerged Wednesday afternoon, showing a young man (estimated to be around 22 years old) who is believed to be the suicide bomber. To watch the video, *click here. link*
