FILE-PAKISTAN INDIA BORDER CROSSING Suicide bomber kills 45 on Pakistani-Indian border

Record ID: 1377629

  • Title: FILE-PAKISTAN INDIA BORDER CROSSING Suicide bomber kills 45 on Pakistani-Indian border
  • Date: 2nd November 2014
  • Summary: AMRITSAR, PUNJAB, INDIA (FILE - AUGUST 15, 2011) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI - NO ACCESS BBC) POLICE PERSONNEL OPENING THE ENTRY GATES AT THE INDIA-PAKISTAN BORDER AS PART OF THEIR INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS VARIOUS OF INDIAN AND PAKISTANI SECURITY PERSONNEL STANDING INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF BORDER SECURITY FORCE (BSF), HIMMAT SINGH, ARRIVING
  • Embargoed: 18th November 2014 10:15
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  • Location: India
  • Country: India
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAECP87EZNG4YLQ3EDVVLPM6XIE
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: At least 45 people were killed on Sunday (November 2) when a suicide bomber blew himself up on the Pakistani-Indian border, police said, just after a daily ceremony when troops from both sides simultaneously lower the two nations' flags.
    Hundreds of people visit the Wagah border crossing near the Pakistani city of Lahore to witness the flags of both countries being lowered just before sunset.
    The Pakistani Taliban, through its senior commander Gilamn Mehsud, claimed responsibility for the attack which took place on the Pakistani side of the border.
    The bombing was carried out in response to the Pakistani army's operation against Islamist militants in the tribal areas straddling the Afghan border, he said
    Authorities had earlier put the death toll at 37.
    Pakistani police said they were investigating and a doctor said up to 70 people had been wounded.
    India and Pakistan have fought three wars and remain locked in a bitter conflict over the region of Kashmir, which both sides claim.
    India accuses Pakistan of sponsoring jihadist groups in the region and encouraging them to make inroads into Indian territory to stage attacks against Indian forces, a charge Pakistan denies.
    Media reports earlier said the explosion was caused by a gas cylinder.
    Ashok Kumar, inspector general of India's Border Security Force guarding Wagah, said the blast had taken place 500 metres from the border at around 6:15pm local time.
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