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| Explosions rock Pakistani market | Explosions rock Pakistani market |
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| Two explosions have ripped through a busy market in the Pakistani city of Lahore, police say. | Two explosions have ripped through a busy market in the Pakistani city of Lahore, police say. |
| The attack happened at about 2045 local time at the city's Moon Market as it was crammed with shoppers. | |
| Early reports indicate that at least one person was killed. It is feared the toll may rise further. | |
| Emergency vehicles and police officers are at the scene of the blast, where television pictures showed smoke rising and cars burning. | Emergency vehicles and police officers are at the scene of the blast, where television pictures showed smoke rising and cars burning. |
| One official said the blasts happened in quick succession and that at least 30 people were injured. | One official said the blasts happened in quick succession and that at least 30 people were injured. |
| "The fire engulfed a building and shops. There were two blasts with an interval of about 30 seconds," senior city police official Shafiq Ahmad told French news agency AFP. | |
| "One was in front of a bank and one was in front of a police station." | |
| The two buildings targeted were about 30m apart. | |
| More than 400 people have been killed during a string of attacks mounted by Islamist militants in recent weeks in revenge for an army offensive targeting the Taliban stronghold in the country's north-west. |