Youhanabad

Youhanabad is an area in Lahore, Pakistan. It is the largest majority Christian area in the city. A 2006 report put the number of inhabitants at 200,000,[1] while it was reported by DAWN in 2015 that the area was home to at least 100,000 Christians.

Two churches were attacked on 15 March 2015, a Sunday, by suicide bombers. At least 15 people, including two policemen, were killed and 78 injured, 30 of them critically. The militant Islamist group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar said they were behind the attacks. A mob also killed two who they suspected were involved.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Religious intolerance on the rise". Daily Times. 4 March 2006.
  2. ↑ "15 killed in Taliban attack on Lahore churches". DAWN. 15 March 2015.

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