There has been simultaneous raids on two different mosques of the minority Ahmadi Islamic sect in Lahore, killing more than 80 people, Launched by several gunmen. No one has laid claims to the attacks yet, but the Pakistani Taliban is suspected. Pakistani forces secured both buildings, & searching for militants who fled the scene after attackers fired guns and threw grenades at worshippers during Friday prayers. Three militants later blew themselves up with suicide vests.
Lahore has been the scene of a string of brazen attacks, at least 45 people were killed in March when two suicide bombers attacked a crowded residential area. More recently the attacks come as controversy rages in Pakistan over a competition on Facebook which invited people to draw cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
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