What the records say
- When
- 30 Mar 2009
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 31.59° N, 74.45° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2009 Lahore police academy attack.
Summary
Unidentified gunmen attacked and seized the Manawan Police Academy, which is based in Lahore. At least 18 people were later killed and around 95 others injured in the subsequent storming of the building by the Pakistani security forces.
2009 Lahore police academy attack
2009 terrorist attack in Pakistan
At 07:31 on 30 March 2009, the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan, was attacked by an estimated 12 gunmen. The perpetrators were armed with automatic weapons and grenades or rockets and some were dressed as policemen. They took over the main building during a morning parade when 750 unarmed police recruits were present on the compound's parade ground.
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