Photos: Terror strikes Wagah border, toll rises to 60

[caption id=“attachment_1784895” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Pakistani relatives gather beside the bodies of victims who were killed in suicide bomb attack at the Wagah border near Lahore on Sunday. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1784897” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] At least 60 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up on the Pakistani-Indian border, police said. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1784905” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Huge crowd gathers every evening at the Wagah crossing to watch the “lowering of the flags” ceremony and witness the display of military pageantry that accompanies the formal closing of the border post which soldiers from both countries have conducted for decades since the 1950s. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1784899” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] A woman mourns the death of her relative in Lahore. According to reports, RAW had issued a warning to the BSF at the Wagah border that there could be a suicide blast following which India beefed-up its security at the border post. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1784901” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] The suicide blast took place at a parking lot near a restaurant at around 6.15 IST, when Pakistanis were returning after the event concluded. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1784903” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Following the blast, India issued a high alert along the Attari border area even as BSF officials said that the flag-lowering ceremony for the day on the Indian side, which attracts a lot of visitors, was over by the time the attack occurred. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1784907” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] Pakistani soldiers patrol after the attack near Wagah border. Pakistan’s security officials suspect the bomber to be around 20-25 years old. Reuters[/caption] [caption id=“attachment_1784909” align=“alignleft” width=“940”] International Indo-Pakistan Attari border was closed down after the suicide bomber blew himself up near Wagah border on Sunday. PTI[/caption]