BBC NEWS
Five dead in two Pakistan blasts
Five people have died and at least 20 people have been injured in two
bomb blasts in the Pakistani city of Lahore, police say.
Many of the injured are in critical condition and doctors fear the
death toll may rise.
No-one has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Police say the blasts were not targeted against a particular person or
community, but were aimed at creating panic in the country.
A home-made explosive device fitted to a bicycle exploded on Thursday
morning near the inter-city bus terminal and just outside a busy
public park.
The two blasts look quite similar to each other, and we fear that
there may be more blasts
Shafqaat Ahmad, Senior Superintendent of Police in Lahore
One passer-by was killed instantly and several others injured in the
blast which police say was triggered by a timing device.
A second, more powerful, explosion occurred an hour later in the
commercial area of Icchra.
Two people died immediately in the explosion and two others died later
in hospital.
Police fears
Authorities have not blamed any particular group for the blast, but
they say similar tactics were used to detonate both bombs.
Senior Superintendent of Police in Lahore Chaudhry Shafqaat Ahmad told
Reuters: "The two blasts look quite similar to each other, and we fear
that there may be more blasts."
Shopkeeper Mohammed Aslam, an eyewitness at the second blast, said
"Something exploded with a big bang."
"People were running for help and at the site of the blast, I saw many
injured people who were bleeding. I saw blood, flesh and dust
everywhere," he told Associated Press.
Four people have been arrested in the last two weeks for possessing
explosive materials near inter-city bus terminals in two towns in
Punjab province.
But it is not clear whether these arrests were linked to the group
that carried out Thursday's attacks.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/south_asia/4270530.stm
Published: 2005/09/22 11:23:29 GMT
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