Scenes of terror: Security on high alert after Wagah attack

Published November 3, 2014
Paramilitary troops patrol a day after the suicide bombing, along a street leading to the Wagah border on November 3, 2014. — AFP
Paramilitary troops patrol a day after the suicide bombing, along a street leading to the Wagah border on November 3, 2014. — AFP
Paramilitary troops patrol near the site of a suicide bomb attack at Wagah on November 2, 2014. — AFP
Paramilitary troops patrol near the site of a suicide bomb attack at Wagah on November 2, 2014. — AFP
Policemen standing outside the morgue of Mayo Hospital where bodies of victims were kept after a suicide blast at Wagah. — Online
Policemen standing outside the morgue of Mayo Hospital where bodies of victims were kept after a suicide blast at Wagah. — Online
Relatives gather around the bodies of blast victims after the suicide bomb attack near the Wagah border on November 2, 2014. — AFP
Relatives gather around the bodies of blast victims after the suicide bomb attack near the Wagah border on November 2, 2014. — AFP
Relatives gather around the bodies of blast victims after a suicide bomb attack near the Wagah border on November 2, 2014. — AFP
Relatives gather around the bodies of blast victims after a suicide bomb attack near the Wagah border on November 2, 2014. — AFP
Drivers sit beside their goods trucks parked along a street leading to the Wagah border on November 3, 2014, a day after the suicide bombing. — AFP
Drivers sit beside their goods trucks parked along a street leading to the Wagah border on November 3, 2014, a day after the suicide bombing. — AFP
An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) stands guard alongside a poster of Mahatma Gandhi at the Wagah India-Pakistan International Border on November 3, 2014, following a suicide bomb attack on the Pakistani side of the border gate. — AFP
An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) stands guard alongside a poster of Mahatma Gandhi at the Wagah India-Pakistan International Border on November 3, 2014, following a suicide bomb attack on the Pakistani side of the border gate. — AFP
Rangers on high alert after the suicide bomb attack near Pakistan-India border Wagah. — INP
Rangers on high alert after the suicide bomb attack near Pakistan-India border Wagah. — INP
Pakistani relatives gather beside the covered bodies of victims who were killed in the suicide bomb attack near Wagah border. — Reuters
Pakistani relatives gather beside the covered bodies of victims who were killed in the suicide bomb attack near Wagah border. — Reuters
An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) man walks at the Wagah India-Pakistan International Border on November 3, 2014. — AFP
An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) man walks at the Wagah India-Pakistan International Border on November 3, 2014. — AFP
Security personnel standing near the bodies of victims at Ghurki Hospital after the suicide blast at Wagah. — Online
Security personnel standing near the bodies of victims at Ghurki Hospital after the suicide blast at Wagah. — Online
An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) man stands guard at the Wagah India-Pakistan International Border on November 3, 2014, following a suicide bomb attack on the Pakistani side of the border gate. — AFP
An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) man stands guard at the Wagah India-Pakistan International Border on November 3, 2014, following a suicide bomb attack on the Pakistani side of the border gate. — AFP

A devastating suicide attack at the entrance of the Wagah border parade venue on Sunday killed at least 60 people, including 10 women and seven children, and left more than 110 injured.

A young suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the parade complex soon after the completion of the flag-lowering ceremony, which is a daily feature at Wagah.

Three officers of the Punjab Rangers and seven members of a family were among the dead in the explosion which was so loud that the bang was heard some 10 kilometres from the border.

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