Pakistan allows FBI into Lahore for bomb investigation

South Africa News.Net
Thursday 10th December, 2009

A US Federal Bureau of Investigation team has visited Lahore’s Moon market, at the invitation of the Pakistan government.

According to a private television channel, the team, which was accompanied by local security officials, collected samples of explosives used in the blasts and other evidence from the site.

Pakistani officials, however, have rejected the report, saying the FBI team was only briefed on the attack and no evidence was shared with them.

The Moon Market is where over 50 people were killed in powerful twin blasts on Monday.

Dozens of others received serious injuries in what police have called suicide attacks.

10 kgs of explosives were used in the explosives packages which were also filled with ball bearings for maximum damage.

The bodies of the attackers were recovered from the blast site, with initial reports suggesting that they were teenagers from southern Punjab.

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