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Pakistan's army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor (R) speaks with media representatives as he gives details of a captured would-be female suicide bomber Noreen Leghari (L on screen) during a press conference in Rawalpindi on April 17, 2017.
A would-be female suicide bomber now in the Pakistani army's custody planned to carry out an attack on a church in Lahore on Easter Sunday on April 16, a military spokesman has said. Noreen Leghari, a second year medical student, had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group and was planning an attack with a male accomplice, army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor told reporters. Legahri was captured during a raid by security forces conducted overnight on April 14 that left four soldiers wounded and her accomplice dead, he added. / AFP PHOTO / AAMIR QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)