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Pakistan blast kills 3, injures 31 in Lahore: official

Published: 27 Mar 2016 - 05:57 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 06:33 pm
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Lahore, Pakistan: At least three people were killed and 31 wounded on Sunday when an explosion ripped through the parking lot of a crowded public park in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, a rescue official said.

"So far rescue workers have taken three dead bodies and 31 injured to hospital," Deeba Shahnaz, spokeswomen for the official Rescue 1122 service in Lahore, told AFP.

The explosion occurred at the Gulshan-e-Iqbal park near the city's centre.

AFP