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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. |
| Some two dozen homes reportedly collapsed in the blast at Mian Channu district in southern Punjab province. | Some two dozen homes reportedly collapsed in the blast at Mian Channu district in southern Punjab province. |
| Taliban influence has reportedly spread in the province recently, says the BBC's M Ilyas Khan, in Islamabad. | |
| Punjab's main city, Lahore has been the target of deadly attacks in recent months, including one on the Sri Lankan cricket team. | |
| 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. |
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| Naeem Sadiq, a hospital official, told AP news agency the dead were seven children, one woman and a man. | |
| 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. | 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 believe there was probably an ammunition dump in the home. | Police 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. | 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." | "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. | 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. | 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. | Civil defence officials are scanning the area with metal detectors, witnesses say. |