9 killed in suicide blast outside shrine in Pakistan’s Lahore

9 killed in suicide blast outside shrine in Pakistan’s Lahore

Lahore : At least nine persons, including five police personnel, were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a major Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s Lahore on Wednesday as the country marks the fasting month of Ramzan, officials said.The blast took place around 8:45 am (local time) outside Gate number 2 of the Data Darbar shrine, the largest Sufi shrine in South Asia, where the police personnel were deployed for security, police said.