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Huge blast rocks Pakistani city Huge blast rocks Pakistani city
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A huge explosion has killed at least five people in the Pakistani city of Lahore, police say. A powerful car bomb outside the main police station in the Pakistani city of Lahore has killed at least seven people and injured 100, 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. The blast on the Mall Road destroyed a police emergency response building and TV stations are showing a collapsed building and gutted vehicles.
Pakistani television channel Dawn News showed pictures of a collapsed building and dozens of gutted cars. A car driven by a suspected suicide bomber smashed through a barrier and exploded, officials said.
Officials said at least 15 people were wounded. Rescue teams and ambulances have rushed to the area. Lahore, Pakistan's second-largest city, saw several bomb attacks recently.
Police commandos were seen arresting a man after the explosion.
The blast was powerful enough to shear walls off buildings in the main business district of Lahore.The blast was powerful enough to shear walls off buildings in the main business district of Lahore.
Several high-security buildings, including offices of the local police chief and the Inter-Services Intelligence service (ISI) are in the area, and the ISI building was damaged.
"It was a strong bomb blast," police spokesman Nayyab Haider was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying."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.""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. 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 Taliban insurgency.
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