Lahore, Pakistan, Mar 11, 2008 / 20:26 pm
A bomb attack on a government building Tuesday killed 24 people, including two children at Catholic schools, and damaged the Catholic cathedral and other nearby Catholic buildings in Lahore, Pakistan.
Two students at two different nearby Catholic schools were killed in the blast, which injured more than one hundred people, according to UCA News.
The bomb exploded at 9:30 a.m. outside the multistory offices of the Federal Investigation Agency. It caused serious damage to Sacred Heart Cathedral, Sacred Heart Cathedral School, St. Anthony’s College, St. Paul Communication Center, the Caritas Lahore building, a Catholic press, a nun’s house and a catechists’ house.
Father Morris Jalal, a parish priest among the volunteers assisting at the scene of the attack, told UCA News, "Life has become totally unsafe nowadays." He insisted that "dialogue with the violent groups is the only way out."