Funeral prayers of five police officers martyred in Raiwind blast were offered.
The funeral prayers were held at Qila Gujjar Singh police lines. It was attended by Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif, Governor Punjab Rafique Rajwana, Corps Commander Lahore Lieutenant General Amir Riaz, and DG Rangers Lahore Major General Azhar Naveed Hayat.
The martyred officers were identified as Muhammad Saeed, Aslam, Manzoor, Tanveer and Saeed.
The bodies will be taken to their native towns for their burial later today.
"It is an act of cowardliness by the enemies of Pakistan. The martyred policemen are the heroes of Pakistan," said Shahbaz while speaking to media.
At least nine people, including five policemen, were martyred when a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up at a checkpoint on Raiwind Road late Wednesday.
More than 25 people, including several police, were wounded in the explosion, the third suicide terror strike on Lahore police since 2017. A young officer and at least nine other policemen were also ferried to hospitals on ambulances soon after the terror hit that shattered calm in the city after months-long lull.
The bombing was claimed by the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a statement sent to AFP, in which the jihadists threatened more attacks on police in retaliation for killing their “associates” in Punjab.
