23 injured as blasts hit Pakistan's eastern city Lahore

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Local Urdu TV channel Geo quoted police as saying that the blasts took place at about 10:00 p.m. at a fruit market in the Badami Bagh area of Lahore, the largest city in eastern Pakistan, which is close to Indian border.

According to local media reports, one bomb was planted under a fruit cart inside the market while another was planted insider a car nearby the entrance of the market. Both bombs were detonated simultaneously³ through a remote controlled device, said police.

Police and rescue team rushed to the site shortly after the blasts were reported.

All the injured people have been shifted to Meo Hospital in the city and hospital sources said that at least five out of the injured were in critical condition.

High alert⁴ has been declared in the nearby places following the twin blast¹.

So far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

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