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| Two bomb blasts have ripped through a busy market in the centre of Pakistan's second largest city, Lahore, killing at least 12 people, police say. | |
| The attack, which injured some 90 people, happened at about 2045 local time at the city's Moon Market. | The attack, which injured some 90 people, happened at about 2045 local time at the city's Moon Market. |
| It is feared the toll may rise further as the site of the market is on fire. | 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. | 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. | In Lahore, emergency vehicles and police officers are at the scene of the blast, where television pictures showed smoke rising and cars burning. |
| Market blaze | Market blaze |
| One official said the blasts happened in quick succession and that dozens were injured when the blast struck the market, crammed with shoppers and traders. | |
| "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 - one on the edge of the market and the other at its centre. | The two buildings targeted were about 30m apart - one on the edge of the market and the other at its centre. |
| The BBC's Aleem Maqbool, in Islamabad, says eyewitnesses say that much of the market remains inaccessible. | The BBC's Aleem Maqbool, in Islamabad, says eyewitnesses say that much of the market remains inaccessible. |
| Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said the bombs were apparently remote-controlled devices, AP reports. | Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said the bombs were apparently remote-controlled devices, AP reports. |
| 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. | 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. |
| Close to the country's border with India, Lahore has been hit several times by militants over the past year. |