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| At least nine people have been killed and more than 50 injured after a blast hit a Pakistani village east of the city of Lahore, police say. | At least nine people have been killed and more than 50 injured after a blast hit a Pakistani village east of the city of Lahore, police say. |
| The explosion took place at a house used for teaching religious lessons to children, local officials said. | The explosion took place at a house used for teaching religious lessons to children, local officials said. |
| The blast in Mian Channu district in Punjab province reportedly caused some two dozen homes to collapse. | |
| Lahore, Punjab's main city, has been the target of several deadly attacks in recent months. | Lahore, Punjab's main city, has been the target of several deadly attacks in recent months. |
| Pakistan's military is currently in the middle of operations in its north-west to clear the Swat Valley and South Waziristan regions of Taliban fighters. | Pakistan's military is currently in the middle of operations in its north-west to clear the Swat Valley and South Waziristan regions of Taliban fighters. |
| Mian Channu is in southern Punjab, where the spread of Taliban influence has also been reported in recent months. | |
| The people of the village say they saw a flame rise to the sky and then the earth shook like in an earthquake Kamran KhanPolice officer | |
| District police officer Kamran Khan told the BBC the blast went off in a teacher's house, where Koranic lessons for children were sometimes held. | |
| Police officials believe there was probably an ammunition dump in the home. | |
| Mr Khan said: "The blast was heard over a vast area and from the extent of damage it has caused it looks like a large quantity of explosives was involved." | |
| "The people of the village say they saw a flame rise to the sky and then the earth shook like in an earthquake." | |
| Television footage showed police collecting evidence from a crater about 40ft (12 metres) wide and nearly 8ft (2.5 metres) deep. | |
| Small rockets and missiles propelled by shoulder-fired launchers were among the material recovered, said police. | |
| Civil defence officials are scanning the area with metal detectors, witnesses say. |