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| A huge explosion has killed at least five people in the Pakistani city of Lahore, police say. | |
| The blast, which took place near the city's main police station on the Mall Road, could be heard three to four miles away, an eyewitness said. | |
| Pakistani television channel Dawn News showed pictures of a collapsed building and dozens of gutted cars. | |
| Officials said at least 15 people were wounded. Rescue teams and ambulances have rushed to the area. | |
| The blast was powerful enough to shear walls off buildings in the main business district of Lahore. | |
| "It was a strong bomb blast," police spokesman Nayyab Haider was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying. | |
| "It damaged several buildings and cars and shattered widows." | |
| The blast comes as the Pakistani army is battling militants in the Swat region in the north-west of the country in its most serious attempt to push back a growing Taleban insurgency. | |
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