Pakistan – Fourteen people were killed and more than 70 injured when two Taliban suicide bombers attacked churches in Pakistan on the 15 Mar 15, sparking mob violence in which two other suspected militants died. The bombings occurred during prayers at two churches located around 0.3 miles apart in the Youhanabad district of Lahore city, a neighbourhood that is home to more than 100,000 Christians. The angry mob protesting after the blast beat to death two people whom they suspected of being associates of the attackers. The Pakistani Taliban’s Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction described the blasts as suicide attacks and vowed to continue their campaign for the enforcement of Islamic law (Sharia) in a statement emailed to the media. The attack was the first carried out by the Taliban since three of their major factions had reunited.