04 January 2009
Mohammad Imran and Tahir Awan
Explosion
At least seven people, three of them policemen and two journalists, were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in front of the Government Polytechnic College near an imambargah on Multan Road.
The suicide attack followed an explosion of low intensity. The suicide bomber struck when police and forensic experts were collecting evidence after cordoning off the area around the teashop. The two journalists who lost their lives are Mohammad Imran and Dr Tahir Awan of local dailies Eitedal and Apna Akhbar. According to witnesses, some people fired on an Edhi ambulance in Muryali area when it was taking the body of journalist Imran to his home. Two people were injured. The attack triggered panic in the city. Markets and shops were closed and law-enforcements personnel enhanced patrolling.
