Two Bomb Blasts Hit Pakistan

Religious school and mosque attacked within minutes of each other
Two bomb blasts hit Pakistan today, with a suicide bomber reportedly targeting a religious school in the eastern city of Lahore and an almost simultaneous attack on a mosque wounding dozens in the north-western garrison city of Nowshera.

Reuters said an anti-Taliban cleric had been killed in the Lahore attack, and at least a dozen people were wounded, according to al-Jazeera television. Police were said to have recovered the body of a suicide bomber.

The second bomb wounded at least 32 people in a mosque near an army base soon after Friday prayers.

The blasts, which happened within minutes of each other, are the latest in a series of attacks which have caused mounting security concerns.

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© Guardian News & Media 2008
Published: 6/12/2009
 
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