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1st LD: Two killed, several injured as blast hits Pakistan's Lahore

Xinhua, February 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least two persons was killed and several others injured on Tuesday afternoon as a blast hit Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, local media reported.

According to the reports, the incident took place outside a police center in the downtown area of the city, killing two people and injuring several others.

The blast took place in a car that was parked outside the police center.

Police and rescue teams rushed to the site and shifted the bodies and injured to the hospital.

Nature of the blast is not known yet.

It is also reported that intense firing was heard from inside the police center after the blast. Endi