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| 'Dozens dead' in Pakistan blasts | |
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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 30 people, police and medics say. | |
| The attack, which injured some 100 people, sparked a huge blaze at the city's Moon Market at 2045 local time. | |
| The toll may rise further as fire-fighters battle to control the blaze. | |
| The blasts came just hours after a suicide bomber on a rickshaw killed at least 10 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. | 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. | Close to the country's border with India, Lahore has been hit several times by militants over the past year. |
| Earlier in the day, a suicide bomber detonated about 6kg (13lb) of explosives outside a courthouse in the north-western city of Peshawar. | |
| The attack killed 10 people - including a policeman - and wounded 44 others. |