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Twin blasts injure 30 in Pakistan

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-12-08 01:20

ISLAMABAD -- Two explosions injured at least 30 people in eastern Pakistan's Lahore on Monday evening, local TV channel reported.

Two blasts took place at Moon Market in Lahore, the capital of Punjab province, the private TV GEO News reported. Several shops and a bank caught fire due to the blasts.

Related readings: Pakistan: 1 militant killed, 5 held near Peshawar  Accidental blast kills 3 in NW Pakistan  40 killed in suicide attack in Pakistan

Witnesses said that large number of shoppers were present at the market at the time of blasts. Ambulances and rescue teams reached the blast site, and the injured are being shifted to nearby hospital.

It is not clear so far about the cause of the blasts, sources said.

Moon market is a commercial center of Iqbal Town, Lahore, where shoppers are normally present in large numbers. A suicide attack occurred in this area on August 13, 2008.

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