LAHORE:
PANIC spread through Manawan area immediately after terrorists attacked the Manawan Police Training School.
All shops were shuttered and people locked themselves inside their houses. Later, however, people began gathering on the rooftops of their houses and outside the training school.
The attack on the training school began when dozens of trainee police officers were engaged in morning drills. Around 750 trainees were inside the school at the time of the attack.
An eyewitness trainee police officer, who was present inside the school when terrorists launched their attack, told The News that he heard a blast when he was busy in the morning drill. He said around 700 trainees were present in the school ground.
He said he, however, did not react when he heard the blast. He said soon after that three hand grenades blew up near them in the ground one after the other. He said grenade explosions injured his colleagues and created smoke clouds. He said he then heard bullet shots and ran towards the school gate along with thirty trainees. He said the trainees were slightly injured and succeeded in safely leaving the school.
Muhammad Salman, 23, another trainee police officer who got trapped inside the school, said: “The two hours I was trapped inside the school felt like two centuries. It was like I died several times. I was certain it was all over.”
After the beginning of the deadly ambush, people living adjacent to the training school locked themselves inside their houses. People became really afraid and were afraid to come out.
Talking to The News, Iqbal Hassan, a local resident, said he was about to leave his house to drop his son to school when he hear gun shots. He said he went back and did not leave his home after he learnt what was happening.
Later as the operation dragged on, a large number of people began gathering near the police training school while some were seen watching the battle between law enforcement personnel and terrorists from the rooftops of their houses.
All shops were shuttered and traffic was diverted to other roads. People also brought water and edibles for police officials and media persons. A hawker who sets up his stall in front of the Manawan Police Training School said that he saw terrorists throwing grenades at the school.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=169979
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