LAHORE: Funeral prayers for seven policemen martyred in the Lahore blast was held at the Chairing Cross on Tuesday.
According to media reports, senior police officers including the Chief Traffic Officer Syed Ahmed Mobin and Senior Superintendent of Police Zahid Gondal were martyred in the incident. Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif and Punjab Governor Muhammad Rafique Rajwana attended the funeral prayers.
At least 13 people among them two senior police officials were killed when a suicide bomber detonated the explosives strapped to his body in the midst of a crowd of protesters outside the Punjab Assembly on Monday evening.
The Punjab government announced a day of mourning, after 13 people were killed and 95 injured at Chairing Cross where a protest by medical store owners was underway.
Hospital officials said that several patients under treatment are in critical condition.
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