Bomb Blasts Rip Through Crowds In Lahore

At least 39 people have been killed after suicide bombers attacked in the Pakistani city of Lahore, police have said.

The blasts ripped through the RA Bazaar, which lies in a neighbourhood where several security agencies have facilities. More than 100 others were wounded, officials said.
Sky's South Asia correspondent Alex Crawford said police in Lahore told her: "There were two suicide bombers who both arrived on foot at a bus stop, which was situated in a market area inside the army residential area of Lahore.
"The first one saw an army patrol van coming along the road and he stepped out in front of it and blew himself up.

It was a big blast. I saw smoke rising everywhere. A lot of people were crying.

Eyewitness Afzal Awan

"Then, a few minutes later, the second bomber blew himself up."
Crawford added that large crowds were gathering for Friday prayers at the time and "that is why the casualties are rising".
Six security personnel were among the dead, police official Chaudhry Mohammad Shafiq said.
Pakistani TV channels showed security forces swarming the area, as bystanders rushed the injured into ambulances.
Eyewitness Afzal Awan said he saw several people, some missing limbs, lying in pools of blood.