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| Blast hits Pakistani naval school | |
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| At least four people have been killed in a suspected suicide bombing at a naval college in the Pakistani city of Lahore, officials say. | |
| Thirteen people were injured in the blasts. Officials said it seemed one or two attackers had driven a vehicle into the back entrance of the college. | |
| A number of blasts were heard - though officials said those may have been fuel tanks exploding on other cars. | |
| It is the latest in a series of blasts to hit Pakistani cities. | |
| Pakistan has been fighting an Islamist insurgency in its northern provinces and its major cities and military are frequently targeted by bombers. | |
| Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was killed by a suicide bomber in Rawalpindi in December. | |
| On Sunday at least 40 people were reported killed in a suicide attack on a gathering of tribal elders and local officials near the town of Dara Adam Khel in north-western Pakistan. | |
| Lahore, the capital of Punjab province, has not been a frequent target, although 19 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack near the High Court in January. | |
| Number unclear | |
| A BBC News website reader said Tuesday's first blast occurred at about 1315 local time (0815 GMT), and that a short while later the air was filled with the sound of ambulance sirens. | A BBC News website reader said Tuesday's first blast occurred at about 1315 local time (0815 GMT), and that a short while later the air was filled with the sound of ambulance sirens. |
| Television footage showed mangled gates, cars on fire, smoke billowing from the car park at the back of the Naval War College, and medics ferrying the dead and injured to ambulances. | |
| Navy spokesman Captain Akbar Naqi told the AFP news agency that two attackers were involved. | |
| "We have confirmed there were two suicide bombers, they came in a vehicle, entered into the parking area and exploded themselves," he said. | |
| However, Lahore's police chief said there was only one bomber. | |
| Medics were seen recovering the severed head and shoulder of a suspected bomber. | |
| The Naval War College trains senior naval officials from Pakistan and other countries, the Associated Press reports. | |
| It is located in the heart of Lahore, in a high-security area that also houses the state governor's house, a five-star hotel and government offices. | |
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