Suicide Bomber Kills 21 Pigs.

Subject: Suicide Bomber Kills 21 Pigs. Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:56 am

A suicide bomber in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has killed at least 22 people and wounded 60, most of them police officers. Twisted Evil

The bomber targeted a group of police gathered outside the High Court building ahead of an anti-government protest, officials said.

He blew himself up after being approached by police.

The attack comes amid extreme political tension following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.

Parliamentary elections set for this earlier month were subsequently postponed until 18 February.

Bodies on ground

The blast happened just before noon local time (0700 GMT), when the courts are at their busiest.

Television footage showed a scene of devastation in the area in front of the High Court.

"The explosion was horrible and a number of people, including police officers, were lying dead on ground," a passer-by, Tariq Javed, told the BBC.

Mohammad Arshad, a clerk in a lawyer's office across the road from the blast, said he saw blood and bits of flesh sticking to the broken windows of his building. :)

"The whole building shook and when I ran out I saw bodies lying all around. There was flesh and blood everywhere and people were crying for help," he told the Reuters news agency.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Police said the attacker was a young man who had arrived outside the court on a motorbike.

"He parked his bike and walked to the police and blew himself up," police official Jameel Ahmed told Reuters.

Police said the explosion was timed to cause maximum damage.

City police chief Malik Mohammad Iqbal said that all but one of the victims were policemen. :cheers:

The officers were gathering outside the court building ahead of a protest by lawyers against the rule of President Pervez Musharraf.

Pakistan has seen a massive rise in suicide bombings since 2007.

According to the Interior Ministry, the country was hit by over 50 suicide attacks last year, which claimed at least 3,000 lives.

Government officials had warned of an increased risk of attacks in Lahore ahead of the Shia Muslim holy month of Moharram, which starts on Friday.

Subject: Re: Suicide Bomber Kills 21 Pigs. Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:43 am

Suicide Bomber Kills 21 Pigs.

Suicide Bomber Kills 21 Pigs.

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