At least eight people, including five Police officials and three civilians, were killed and 24 others injured in an suicide attack targeting an Elite Force van parked near Gate - 2 of Data Darbar [shrine of Lahore’s patron saint Syed Ali Hajwairi popularly known as Data Gunj Bakhsh] in Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab, at 8:45am on May 8 (today), reports Dawn. Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP) Arif Nawaz confirmed that five Elite Force personnel were martyred in the blast. Three civilians also lost their lives in the attack. An initial probe has revealed that the explosive contained seven kilograms of explosive material. According to Lahore Deputy Inspector General (Operations) Waqas Nazir, 306 Police officials in the city have so far lost their lives in the line of duty.