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Pakistan police arrests seven in mosque attack
Lahore,
June
1:
Pakistan
Police
on
have
arrested
seven
men
for
their
alleged
links
to
Taliban
militants
who
attacked
two
mosques
in
the
city
on
Friday
28
May,
2010,
killing
93
people,
including
a
British
businessman.
In the attack, Sunni militants wearing suicide bomb, burst into prayer halls at the Garhi Shahu and Model Town mosques, fired gun shots and threw grenades at the worshipers.
They took all the them as hostages killing at least 93 and injuring several others.
Akram Naeem, a senior police officer in Lahore, said that after they interrogated one of the arrested suspects it was revealedthat the gunmen was involved with the Pakistani Taleban,which has staged attacks across the country for years.
OneIndia News
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Story first published: Tuesday, June 1, 2010, 14:27 [IST]