Heavily armed militants stormed a police training academy near Lahore, Pakistan, taking hostages and killing cadets and others before being overpowered after several hours.
Pakistani rescuers carry an injured police officer to an armored car in the compound of a police training school on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 30, 2009. Pakistani soldiers and other security forces laid siege Monday to the police academy that heavily armed gunmen attacked earlier, killing 11 officers and taking others hostage in a brazen assault that underscored the growing threat militancy poses to the U.
S.-allied, nuclear-armed country. On March 30, 2009, heavily armed militants stormed a police training academy near Lahore, Pakistan, taking hostages and killing cadets and others before being overpowered after several hours. Authorities reported at least 20 deaths, including several attackers.Swift and widespread, efforts to rebrand César Chavez Day are fueled by emotion and dutyToday in History: March 29, World War II rationing of food beginsIranian attack on Saudi base injures at least 10 US troops and damages several planes In 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase the territory of Alaska for $7.2 million, a deal ridiculed by critics as “Seward’s Folly” but later recognized as advantageous to the U.S. In 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited denying citizens the right to vote and hold office on the basis of race, was declared in effect by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish. In 1923, the Cunard liner RMS Laconia became the first passenger ship to circle the globe as it arrived back in New York after a 130-day voyage. In 1939, Detective Comics issue #27 was released, featuring the first appearance of the superhero character Batman.In 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously wounded by John Hinckley Jr. outside a Washington, D.C., hotel. Also wounded were White House press secretary James Brady, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and a District of Columbia police officer, Thomas Delahanty. In 2023, a Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Donald Trump on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter, the first ever criminal case against a former U.S. president.Denver’s $1 billion road overhaul would cut space for cars, boost public transit and safety. Critics say it will make traffic worse. Denver's $1 billion road overhaul would cut space for cars, boost public transit and safety. Critics say it will make traffic worse.Asking Eric: Friends only want to socialize outside, not at homeWhy Nuggets' Aaron Gordon is out for Warriors game with calf sorenessRenck: Delusional J.K. Dobbins good for Broncos, but not without insurance
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