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Lahore, Mar 12 (PTI) Terrorists today struck Pakistan's heartland of Punjab targeting the military as a pair of suicide bombers detonated their explosives seconds apart in the heavily-guarded cantonment area here, killing at least 39 people and injuring nearly 100 others.
Lahore, Mar 12 (PTI) Terrorists today struck Pakistan's heartland of Punjab targeting the military as a pair of suicide bombers detonated their explosives seconds apart in the heavily-guarded cantonment area here, killing at least 39 people and injuring nearly 100 others.
In the second major attack in the city within a week, the bombers, who were on foot, hit vehicles of the Garrison Security Force patrolling the cantonment near a mosque in the busy R A Bazar area at 12.48 pm local time and the dead included 10 security personnel.
The area where the attacks occurred is full of residential and commercial complexes and also houses several security agency facilities. Within minutes of the explosions, it was swarmed with security personnel who stopped even media, including TV crew, from approaching the site of the blasts.
"Two suicide attackers struck the army vehicles which were on patrol.
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