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40 persons, including 17 children besides serving and retired Army officers and personnel, were killed and over 86 others injured, when a Friday congregation at the Parade Lanes mosque in Rawalpindi was attacked by a group of terrorists, The News reported.
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attack by a group of terrorists a Friday congregation at the Parade Lanes mosque in RawalpindiThis data was extracted from the following paragraph of the newspaper clippings.
40 persons, including 17 children besides serving and retired Army officers and personnel, were killed and over 86 others injured, when a Friday congregation at the Parade Lanes mosque in Rawalpindi was attacked by a group of terrorists, The News reported. The high number of casualties was caused by hurling of grenades and indiscriminate targeted firing by the terrorists, reportedly numbering between six to eight. According to latest reports, two of the terrorists blew themselves up while two others were shot dead in an exchange of fire with the Security Forces (SFs). Exhaustive combing of the densely-populated locality was also being carried out by the SFs to flush out the other terrorists, who reportedly managed to escape from the spot and took refuge in the vicinity.
| Event ID | Date | Country | Storyhead |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41262-79034-195468 | 12/5/2009 | Pakistan | 40 persons killed in suicide attack at mosque in Rawalpindi |
The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.
Note: incidences are geocoded by the district centroid.
In the same newspaper clipping is further information on the events:
| Event ID | Date | Country | Act | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41262-79034-195468 | 12/5/2009 | Pakistan | attack | Rawalpindi |
| 41262-79035-195475 | 12/5/2009 | Pakistan | attack | Lahore |
| 41262-79036-195479 | 12/5/2009 | Pakistan | attack | Lodhran |