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Friday, March 12, 2010

Suicide Bombers Kill 39 in Pakistani City of Lahore

Pakistani police say 39 people have been killed and nearly 100 others wounded in two suicide bomb blasts in the eastern city of Lahore.

Authorities say the explosions occurred 15 seconds apart and targeted military vehicles in the city Friday morning. Polce say the suicide Bombers were on foot.

The incident is the second attack in Lahore this week. A suicide car bomb killed 13 people and wounded 70 others on Monday.

In a separate development, a Pakistani official says Jamil Soomro apparent Sectarian violence in the southern city of Karachi killed five people Thursday.

Gunmen fired on a car carrying hard-line religious leader Mufti Saeed Jalal Puri, killing him and three other people in the vehicle.

Earlier Thursday, gunmen shot and wounded Mulana Ghafoor Nadim, the local leader of a banned Sunni Militant Group. His son was killed in the shooting.Read More Story,http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Suicide-Bombers-Kill-39-in-Pakistani-City-of-Lahore-87446322.html

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