Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09LAHORE101
2009-05-27 13:14:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Consulate Lahore
Cable title:
ATTACK ON RESCUE 15 AND ISI IN LAHORE -- SITREP 2
how-toO R 271314Z MAY 09 FM AMCONSUL LAHORE TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 4044 INFO AMCONSUL LAHORE CIA WASHDC AMEMBASSY KABUL AMCONSUL KARACHI AMEMBASSY LONDON AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI NSC WASHINGTON DC AMCONSUL PESHAWAR SECDEF WASHINGTON DC USCENTCOM INTEL CEN MACDILL AFB FL
C O N F I D E N T I A L LAHORE 000101
E.O. 12958: DECL: 5/27/2019
TAGS: PTER PK
SUBJECT: ATTACK ON RESCUE 15 AND ISI IN LAHORE -- SITREP 2
REF: LAHORE 100
CLASSIFIED BY: Bryan Hunt, Principal Officer, Consulate Lahore,
U.S. Department of State.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L LAHORE 000101
E.O. 12958: DECL: 5/27/2019
TAGS: PTER PK
SUBJECT: ATTACK ON RESCUE 15 AND ISI IN LAHORE -- SITREP 2
REF: LAHORE 100
CLASSIFIED BY: Bryan Hunt, Principal Officer, Consulate Lahore,
U.S. Department of State.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
1. (C) According to press reports, as of 16:00 the May 27 car
blast that demolished the Rescue 15 headquarters and damaged a
wing of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) building killed 45
people, including several of military rank, and injured 292.
Although media have focused exclusively on the Rescue 15
building, post contacts believe that the perpetrators intended
to target the ISI building. No American citizens are believed
to be among the dead or injured.
2. (SBU) Media reported that the police arrested four suspects,
including one terrorist on the roof of an adjacent building. No
groups have come forward to take credit for the attack.
3. (C) Police contacts confirmed that the car bomb blasted a
22-foot crater, the largest terrorist explosion in Lahore to
date. The detonation shattered windows at the nearby Avari
Hotel. American guests at the Avari told conoff that the hotel
staff moved them to rooms without street-side windows.
4. (C) An Islamabad-based Legatt team plans to arrive in Lahore
on the evening of May 27. Post also helped coordinate the
delivery of emergency supplies from consulate general stocks and
UNICEF.
HUNT
E.O. 12958: DECL: 5/27/2019
TAGS: PTER PK
SUBJECT: ATTACK ON RESCUE 15 AND ISI IN LAHORE -- SITREP 2
REF: LAHORE 100
CLASSIFIED BY: Bryan Hunt, Principal Officer, Consulate Lahore,
U.S. Department of State.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
1. (C) According to press reports, as of 16:00 the May 27 car
blast that demolished the Rescue 15 headquarters and damaged a
wing of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) building killed 45
people, including several of military rank, and injured 292.
Although media have focused exclusively on the Rescue 15
building, post contacts believe that the perpetrators intended
to target the ISI building. No American citizens are believed
to be among the dead or injured.
2. (SBU) Media reported that the police arrested four suspects,
including one terrorist on the roof of an adjacent building. No
groups have come forward to take credit for the attack.
3. (C) Police contacts confirmed that the car bomb blasted a
22-foot crater, the largest terrorist explosion in Lahore to
date. The detonation shattered windows at the nearby Avari
Hotel. American guests at the Avari told conoff that the hotel
staff moved them to rooms without street-side windows.
4. (C) An Islamabad-based Legatt team plans to arrive in Lahore
on the evening of May 27. Post also helped coordinate the
delivery of emergency supplies from consulate general stocks and
UNICEF.
HUNT