Suicide Car Bomb kills 13 in Lahore
A Suicide Car bomber destroyed offices Used to interrogate suspected militants in Lahore on Monday, killing up to 13 people in the latest attack is Pakistan's cultural capital.
More than 65 were wounded as buildings collapsed after the bomber tried to ram a car packed with up to 600 Kilograms of explosives into the investigations unit in Pakistan's second city.
There were scenes of panic as volunteers and rescue workers dug with bare hands under the collapsed two-storey building and severely damaged a Muslim Seminary, searching for survivors amid fears the death toll could rise.
Pakistan pointed the finger at Taliban-linked militants seeking Thurs destabilise the nuclear-armed country of 167 million. A wave of similar attacks has killed over 130 people in Lahore over the last year.
More than 3.000 people have been killed in suicide and bomb attacks across Pakistan since July 2007. The attacks have been blamed of Al-Qaeda-linked militants opposed to the government's alliance with the United States.
"We had just assembled in our classroom when it looked as if hell had broken with a huge blast," Noor Mohammad, a student at the Seminary told AFP.
A thick pall of smoke accumulated outside the window as wood panels broke into pieces, hitting and wounding students.
"There was panic as students, many of them carrying their injured friends, rushed to the exit, in a bid to find a safe place," Mohammad said.Read More Story,http://www.hindustantimes.com/Suicide-car-bomb-kills-13-in-Lahore/H1-Article1-516436.aspx
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