Information About Incident 8768-14978-35972 in Mirpur Pakistan

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Lahori and his group killed 40 persons and injured 25 others in Sindh, he said, and added, "Akram Lahori told investigators that he was involved in 30 cases of sectarian killings in the Punjab including the those of 24 persons who were attending a Majlis in Mominpura."

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Sindh Punjab Mominpura, Sindh Punjab Mominpura
• Matched District: Mirpur
• Actgroup: kill, injure
• Actor: Lahori and his group, Lahori and his group
• Subject: 40 persons, 25 others

Context

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Sindh General of Police (IGP) Syed Kamal Shah said, in Karachi, on July 1, preliminary investigations indicated that Akram Lahori, a front ranking terrorist of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) Sunni group was involved in 38 cases of sectarian killings in Sindh. The victims included Ehtishamuddin Haider, brother of Federal Interior Minister Moinuddin Haider, Pakistan State Oil Managing Director Shoukat Raza Mirza, victims of the Imambargah Mehmoodabad massacre, besides Iranian cadets in Rawalpindi. Lahori and his group killed 40 persons and injured 25 others in Sindh, he said, and added, "Akram Lahori told investigators that he was involved in 30 cases of sectarian killings in the Punjab including the those of 24 persons who were attending a Majlis in Mominpura."

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