LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Friday awarded death sentence on 47 counts to three terrorists involved in attacking buildings of the Police Emergency Service (15) and an intelligence agency.

The court also awarded life imprisonment to each convict and imposed a collective fine of Rs25.35 million.

The Civil Lines police had registered a case against Abid Akram, Sarfraz and Shabbir for attacking the offices of the police and intelligence agency on May 27, 2009. At least 26 personnel were killed and 337 injured in the attack.

A prosecutor said the interrogators collected evidence from crime scene and identified the suspects with the help of CCTV cameras footage. The terrorists were arrested in Faisalabad and Lahore.

Published in Dawn, January 31st, 2015

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