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| Eleven die in Pakistan explosion | Eleven die in Pakistan explosion |
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| At least 11 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, police say. | At least 11 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, police say. |
| At least 60 others were injured when an explosives-laden car rammed into a building of a federal investigative agency, the police added. | |
| Pakistan TV pictures showed a damaged building and ambulances carrying the injured to hospitals. | Pakistan TV pictures showed a damaged building and ambulances carrying the injured to hospitals. |
| 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. |
| The police said that the blast had taken place at a building housing the offices of the anti-terrorism wing of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in the Model Town area of Lahore. | |
| Television reports said some of the neighbouring buildings had also been damaged in the explosion. | |
| Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. | |
| ATTACKS ON LAHORE 3 March 2009: Gunmen kill six police guards in an ambush on the Sri Lanka cricket team30 March 2009: Gunmen attack a police academy, killing eight people27 May 2009: A car bomb attack on police buildings kills at least 23 | ATTACKS ON LAHORE 3 March 2009: Gunmen kill six police guards in an ambush on the Sri Lanka cricket team30 March 2009: Gunmen attack a police academy, killing eight people27 May 2009: A car bomb attack on police buildings kills at least 23 |
| "It was a suicide attack. We have heard that 40 to 50 people were in the [investigation agency] building when the incident happened. Rescue work is in progress," Lahore police chief Pervaiz Rathore told reporters. | |
| He said the targeted office was used to interrogate "important suspects" but there were no such suspects inside during the attack. | |
| FIA offices in Lahore have been the target of two suicide attacks in the past years, says the BBC's Ilyas Khan in Islamabad. More than 26 people died in those attacks. | |
| Eyewitness Noorul Huda, a student at a religious school, said he was in class when an explosion shook the area. | |
| "With the huge bang, blocks and pieces of the roof fell upon us and six of us were wounded, he said. | |
| "It was total chaos outside and people were running and crying for help." | |
| There have been a number of explosions in Lahore over the past year. | There have been a number of explosions in Lahore over the past year. |
| Last December, two bomb blasts at a busy market killed at least 48 people and injured more than 100. | |
| In May 2009, a bomb attack on a police building killed at least 23 people and injured 200. The nearby offices of the ISI intelligence service were also damaged in the blast. | In May 2009, a bomb attack on a police building killed at least 23 people and injured 200. The nearby offices of the ISI intelligence service were also damaged in the blast. |
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