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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, killing at least two people and injuring 40 others. | |
The attack happened at about 2045 local time at the city's Moon Market as it was crammed with shoppers. | The attack happened at about 2045 local time at the city's Moon Market as it was crammed with shoppers. |
It is feared the toll may rise further as the site of the market is on fire. | |
The blasts came just hours after a suicide bomber on a rickshaw killed at least seven people in Peshawar when he blew himself up near the courthouse. | |
In Lahore, 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 dozens 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. | "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." | "One was in front of a bank and one was in front of a police station." |
The two buildings targeted were about 30m apart. | 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, as an army offensive targeting the Taliban stronghold in the country's north-west continues. |