An effective explosion ripped via a Muharram procession in critical Pakistan's Punjab province on Thursday, killing at the least, together with a seven-year-old lady, and wounding 25 people, senior police officers stated. The incident came about in Bahawalnagar, a few 260 kilometres from Lahore while a Shia procession turned into heading to an Imambargah as a part of the yearly Ashura commemoration.
Videos circulating on social media confirmed people strolling around in panic after the blast and ambulances dashing injured individuals to the health centre.
The senior police officer advised PTI that reputedly a person threw grenades on the procession regardless of excessive security. "Two individuals together with a seven-year-old lady Maheen and 20-year-old Salman misplaced their lives whilst over 25 had been injured," he stated.
He stated the suspect threw grenades while the procession surpassed with the aid of using the Jamia Masjid Mohajir Colony at 10 am this morning. "Police have arrested the suspect at the spot," he stated. A senior police reliable from Multan additionally stated the police had arrested the person who threw the grenade at the Ashura procession.
"He is in police custody and investigations might be achieved to discover his hyperlinks and contacts as well," he stated.
Rescuers have shifted the injured to district headquarters health centre Bahawalnagar wherein the circumstance of 5 of them is stated to be critical. Another senior officer of the Punjab authorities showed the death of individuals and ratings of injures withinside the assault and stated it turned into a touchy remember this is why the police and the authorities had been now no longer issuing any statements.
"Ashura processions are underway withinside the USA and we do not need to create panic via this tragic news," he stated. Opposition Senator Sehar Kamran condemned the assault at the Shia procession and termed it a "cracker assault" and prayed for the recuperation of folks who had been injured.