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On 23 June 2021, about 11 am local time, a car bombing took place inJohar Town, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Three people were killed and more than 21 others injured.Police believe that the target was the house which was damaged in the bombing. It is believed to be whereHafiz Saeed, co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and the chief ofJama'at-ud-Da'wah was living at the time.[2][3][4][5][6][7] An estimated 30kg ofexplosives were used.[8]
Over the next two days,raids were conducted to arrest the suspects.[9][10][11][12] They were latercharged with explosives offences.[13] Later, a foreign national[specify] identified as Peter Paul David, was offloaded from aKarachi-bound flight and shifted to an undisclosed location forinterrogation. He had been shuttling between Karachi, Lahore andDubai frequently, while he could not satisfy the investigators about the purpose of these visits and his activities. The car used in the blast had been sold multiple times and David was its last owner, who handed over his car to one of his friend for a couple of days use and has not seen his face as he was masked.[14] Punjab Chief MinisterUsman Buzdar has said "a foreign hostile agency was directly involved in theterrorist incident and had also provided the financial support to theterrorist".[15] Investigation Officer Wakeel Ahmad said "investigators had found evidence of involvement of the Indian secret service in the attack".[16] On 4 July 2021Moeed Yusuf theNational Security Adviser to thePrime Minister of Pakistan issued a statement that "the main mastermind of this attack belongs toR&AW, lives inIndia and is an Indian citizen and the 'direct origin' of the money through which the attack was financed was from India". Moreover, "thecyber attacks were also carried toward the investigation equipment so that time could be gained for the network to disperse".[17][1] TheIndian External Affairs spokesperson,Arindam Bagchi, rejected the allegations as "baseless propaganda".[18]
On 27 April 2022, the PunjabCounter Terrorism Department claimed to have arrested the mastermind named as Samiul Haq, as well as the facilitator named as Uzair Akbar, of the blast from Balochistan.[19]
^"Three dead, 24 injured in Lahore's Johar Town blast".www.geo.tv. Karachi, Pakistan: Geo Television Network. GEO Lahore. 23 June 2021. Retrieved26 June 2021.[Inspector General Punjab] [Inam] Ghani ... surmised that the police had been targeted in the attack.
