Explosions occur in E Pakistan, at least 20 dead
Updated: 2008-03-11 15:15
ISLAMABAD -- Two explosions took place in eastern Pakistan on Tuesday morning, killing at least 20 people, local TV channel DAWN NEWS reported.
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Two explosions took place in eastern Pakistan on Tuesday morning, killing at least 20 people, local TV channel DAWN NEWS reported. [Xinhua] |
One explosion occurred near the Federal Investigation Agency ( FIA) Office on Mall Road in Lahore, capital city of the eastern Punjab province, said the report.
The explosion was triggered by some explosive devices planted in the FIA building and it was not a suicide blast, according to DAWN NEWS.
The building was badly damaged in the explosion and some vehicles parked outside the building were totally destroyed.
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Two explosions took place in eastern Pakistan on Tuesday morning, killing at least 20 people, local TV channel DAWN NEWS reported. [Xinhua] |
There were more than two hundred people working inside the seven-story building at the time of the blast.
An official of a rescue team was quoted as saying that at least18 people including 10 FIA employees were killed and around 100 others were injured.
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