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| Pakistan suicide blast 'kills 20' | Pakistan suicide blast 'kills 20' |
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| A suicide bomber in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has killed at least 20 people and wounded 60, most of them police officers. | |
| The explosion targeted a group of police gathered outside the High Court building, officials said. | |
| A number of people - police and civilians - were seen lying motionless in the street. | A number of people - police and civilians - were seen lying motionless in the street. |
| The attack comes amid extreme political tension following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. | The attack comes amid extreme political tension following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. |
| Bodies on ground | |
| The police officers were gathering outside the court building ahead of a protest by lawyers against the rule of President Pervez Musharraf. | |
| Police officials said that the bomber blew himself up when police asked him to stop. | |
| "I was in the court when the blast went off. It was a big bang," lawyer Syed Zulfiqar Bokhari told the Reuters news agency. | |
| "I saw bodies of policemen lying on the ground," he said. | |
| There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. |