Within less than a month after the terrorist attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, a group of terrorists struck at a police training academy in the city on Monday (30th March) killing at least 20 police trainees and injuring many. Authorities in the city said that, the terrorists also took dozens of men as hostage in side the training academy which might be around 800.

 

Helicopters hovered in the air on Monday (30th March), as crack assault teams took up positions outside the Matawan police training centre in Lahore. About 800 men were reportedly in the complex when the terrorists struck. Eyewitness accounts estimate some 10 militants carried out the attack at 7.20 in the morning. At that time the trainees were participating in their morning parade.

 

Some media reported that, the terrorists used machine guns and grenades to launch the attack that left 20 dead and 150 injured. Security personnel were locked in gun battles with the attackers who were hiding inside various buildings within the police complex. Media also quoted a Rangers personnel saying that, two militants have been killed in the battle.