WRAP AP cover of shooting at federal building in Lahore; Hospital

Описание: (15 Oct 2009) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of FIA (Federal Investigation Agency) building
2. Close of police commandoes outside gate
3. Mid of police armoured vehicle in front of FIA building
4. Various of rescue officials
5. Various of police commandoes around building
6. Pan of fire engine arriving at FIA (Federal Investigation Agency) building, AUDIO: Siren
7. Mid of soldiers chanting, UPSOUND: (Arabic) "God is great"
8. Various of grenades and ammunition
9. Pan of bodies in Sir Gunga Ram Hospital in Lahore
10. Mid of people standing next to bodies
11. Mid of bodies
12. Medical staff at emergency ward
13. Close up of information board at hospital
14. Exterior of emergency department
15. Ambulance outside emergency department with onlookers around
16. Bodies on stretchers in front of ambulance being surrounded by onlookers and media
STORYLINE
Teams of gunmen attacked law enforcement facilities across the eastern city of Lahore on Thursday, paralyzing
Pakistan's cultural capital, while a car bomb devastated a northwest police station, killing a total of 38 people in this nuclear-armed U.S. ally.
The strikes were part of an escalating a wave of militant attacks aimed at scuttling a planned offensive into the militant heartland on the Afghan border.
The violence began just after 9 a.m. local (0300gmt) when a group of gunmen attacked a building housing the Federal Investigation Agency, a law enforcement branch that deals with matters ranging from immigration to "terrorism".
The attack lasted about 1 1/2 hours and ended with the death of two attackers, four government employees and a bystander, senior government official Sajjad Bhutta said.
A senior police official said one of the dead wore a jacket bearing explosives.
Many of the dead and wounded were taken to Lahore's Sir Gunga Ram hospital.
President Asif Ali Zardari said the bloodshed that has engulfed the nation over the past 11 days would not deter the government from its mission to eliminate the violent extremists, according to a statement on the state-run news agency.
Following the first attack against FIA, a second band of gunmen raided a police training school in Manawan on the outskirts of the city in a brief attack that killed nine police officers and four militants, according to police and hospital officials. One of the gunmen was killed by police at the compound and the other three blew themselves up.
One of the gunmen was killed by police at the compound and the other three blew themselves up.
A third team of at least eight gunmen scaled the back wall of an elite police commando training centre not far from the airport on the Bedian road and attacked the facility.
A family barricaded itself in a room in a house, while the attackers stood on the roof, shooting at security forces and throwing grenades, said Lt. Gen. Shafqat Ahmad, the top military official in Lahore.
Two attackers were slain in the gunbattle and three blew themselves up, he said. One police nursing assistant and a civilian also died in the attack, he said.
The assaults paralysed the cultural capital of this nuclear-armed US ally, showing the militants are highly organised and able to carry out sophisticated, coordinated strikes against heavily fortified facilities despite stepped up security across the country.
No group immediately claimed responsibility, though suspicion fell on the Taliban who have claimed other recent strikes.
The attacks on Thursday also were the latest to underscore the growing threat to Punjab, the province next to India where the Taliban are believed to have made inroads and linked up with local insurgent outfits.

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