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Pakistan suicide blast 'kills 20' Pakistan suicide blast 'kills 20'
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A suicide bomber in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has killed at least 20 people and wounded more, including several police officers. A suicide bomber in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has killed at least 20 people and wounded 60, most of them police officers.
The explosion targeted a group of police officers gathered outside the High Court Building, police said. The explosion targeted a group of police gathered outside the High Court building, officials said.
A number of people - police and civilians - were seen lying motionless in the street.A number of people - police and civilians - were seen lying motionless in the street.
The attack comes amid extreme political tension following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.The attack comes amid extreme political tension following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
Police official Mohammed Afzal told the Associated Press news agency that it was a "powerful" blast. Bodies on ground
Police officers were gathering outside the court building ahead of a protest by lawyers against the rule of President Pervez Musharraf, the Agence France Presse news agency reported. The police officers were gathering outside the court building ahead of a protest by lawyers against the rule of President Pervez Musharraf.
A police official told the agency that the bomber was riding a motorcycle and blew himself up when police asked him to stop. Police officials said that the bomber blew himself up when police asked him to stop.
"I was in the court when the blast went off. It was a big bang," lawyer Syed Zulfiqar Bokhari told the Reuters news agency.
"I saw bodies of policemen lying on the ground," he said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.