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Pakistan Detains More Than 5,000 After Bombings in Lahore

HeadlineMar 30, 2016

In Pakistan, authorities said they have detained more than 5,000 people and released most of them following Sunday’s bombings at a park in Lahore. The attack killed 72 people, many of them children. Rana Sanaullah, a state minister for Punjab province, where the bombings took place, said more than 200 people remain in custody.

Rana Sanaullah: “During these raids, 5,221 suspects were rounded up; 5,005 of them were released after verification of their particulars. Two hundred sixteen suspects are in custody pending further investigation. After further investigation, we will know more about them. If someone is innocent, they are innocent. If someone is found to be guilty, they will be charged.”

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