March 8, 2010 8:19 PM

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11 killed, over 60 injured in suicide car bomb blast in Lahore

In Pakistan, at least 11 people have been killed and 60 others injured in a suicide car bomb attack in the eastern city of Lahore. The police said the blast took place at a building housing the offices of the Special Investigation Group, an anti-terrorism wing of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency in the Model Town area of the city.<br/><br/> According to Lahore police chief Pervaiz Rathore, some 40 to 50 people were in the building when the incident happened. He said the targeted office was used to interrogate important suspects but there were no such suspects inside during the attack. <br/> Reports said the amount of explosives was so large it brought down the two-storey building. A nearby religious school was also damaged. Passers by, including children on their way to school, were said to be among the dead and injured. Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. Meanwhile, top administration official in Lahore, Khusro Pervez, said he feared the death toll from the attack would rise.<br/><br/>A spokesman for the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) faction holed up along the Afghan border has claimed responsibility for the attack. Azam Tariq told AFP reporters by telephone the attack was to avenge US drone attacks and Pakistani military operations in the tribal areas. He said they have 2,800 to 3,000 more suicide bombers and will target all government places, buildings and offices.<br/><br/>

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