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Suicide bombings strike Lahore and Nowshera, Pakistan

Posted by Craig Kanalley on 6/12/09 • Categorized as Asia, Terrorism

Per GEO-TV in Pakistan, several casualties are feared after a bombing at Jamia Naeemia, a religious school in Lahore, Pakistan, on Friday afternoon. The blast occurred during Friday prayers.

Another explosion occurred at a depot mosque in Nowshera, Pakistan, according to GEO-TV; the mosque was demolished in the attack and several people were injured.

Twitterers in Pakistan spoke about the latest string of attacks in their country long before most media reports and shared how it’s affecting them:

  1. Phobos Deimos
    pakterror (Pakistan) bomb blast in Jamia Naeemia Mosque in Lahore’s Garhi Shahu area… 12 Jun 2009 from web
  2. Phobos Deimos
    pakterror (Pakistan) many casualities feared on account of packed mosque at time of blast. www.geo.tv 12 Jun 2009 from web
  3. Tahir Akram
    tahirakram (Lahore, Pakistan) Sad news: another blast in Lahore. Jamia Naeemia, Ghari Shahoo at the time of Jummah prayer http://tinyurl.com/nr4e5p 12 Jun 2009 from TwitterFox
  4. Haris Nadeem
    harisn (Lahore, Pakistan) One of my relatives was there :S Still missing! RT @DrAwab: SMS Suicide blasts in Jame Naimiya, lahore and noshehra! 12 Jun 2009 from Gravity
  5. Haris Nadeem
    harisn (Lahore, Pakistan) @discomaulvi @siyab @anumvighio Everyone is trying to contact him. Nothing yet. I’m fine.. I live far away from that place. 12 Jun 2009 from Gravity in reply to discomaulvi
  6. Omair Zahid
    omairzahid (Lahore, Pakistan) @davidsteven Terrible, sad part is we are helpless in the face of such heinousness 12 Jun 2009 from web in reply to davidsteven
  7. Haris Nadeem
    harisn (Lahore, Pakistan) Phew! My relative is fine! :) He just called home. 12 Jun 2009 from TwitterFox
  8. Phobos Deimos
    pakterror (Pakistan) Jamia Naeemia principal Dr Sarfraz Naeemi, who was critically injured in the blast at his Jamia Naeemia, passed away, Geo News said Friday. 12 Jun 2009 from web
  9. Tajdar O. Chaudry
    TajdarOC (Lahore, Pakistan) @kursed This more than anything establishes their terrorists right. Something to capitalize on in the witch hunt against the Taliban. 12 Jun 2009 from web in reply to kursed

Renowned religious scholar and head of Jamia Naeemia, Dr. Sarfraz Naeemi, was among those killed, per The Nation in Pakistan. One Twitterer in Lahore noted the significance of this.

  1. Rahma Muhammad
    Rahma (Lahore, Pakistan) Dreading the fallout if dr naeemi indeed dead. 12 Jun 2009 from mobile web
  2. Rahma Muhammad
    Rahma (Lahore, Pakistan) Ok he is dead. Brace yourself for barelvis going ape shit 12 Jun 2009 from mobile web
  3. Rahma Muhammad
    Rahma (Lahore, Pakistan) Why is geo showing his dead body!!! Geo is so screwed 12 Jun 2009 from mobile web
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    at SOME point ppl have to stop the blame game and go to work and school and stop KILLING
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    Is there a list of name in the Lahore bombing?
  • LinnAins
    hi is there a list of ppl who were in the Lahore bombing ?
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