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| Deadly blast hits Pakistan city | |
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| At least 12 people have been killed in a powerful explosion in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, police say. | |
| A number of people have also been injured in the blast that hit an office of the federal police, reports say. | |
| There are reports of a second explosion in a different part of the city, but no further details are available. | |
| State-run television showed pictures of a damaged multi-storeyed building and burning cars at the site of the blast near the federal police office. | |
| The police said the explosion hit the Federal Investigation Agency in Lahore. | |
| "The building is badly damaged. Fire is raging," witness Tariq Saeed told Reuters news agency. | |
| "Bodies are being taken out of the building. I have seen five," he said. | |
| Last week, four people were killed and 14 injured in a suicide bombing at a naval college in Lahore. | |
| 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. | |
| The country 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. |