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| Terror threat at Lahore airport |
| 2008-09-28 |
| (PTI) An alert was today sounded at the airport in this eastern Pakistani city after airline officials received a threat of a possible terrorist attack. The lounges and parking lot of the airport were evacuated and security agencies carried out a search after Pakistan International Airlines officials received an anonymous phone call that warned of a terrorist attack. Officials told TV channels that nothing suspicious was found during the search. Several flights were delayed by up to 30 minutes due to the alert. The scare at the Lahore airport came two days after a threat of a possible suicide attack at the airport in Islamabad. In that incident too, airline officials had received an anonymous phone call about a possible attack and the airport was evacuated. Pakistani security agencies have been on high alert since the September 20 suicide bombing at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad that killed over 50 people and injured 266. |
| Posted by:Fred |