Bomb blast in Pakistan’s Lahore: 4 dead, 28 injured.
Lahore: On Thursday, a bomb explosion ripped through Lahore’s crowded market, killing four people and injuring more than 28 others, police said.
Arif Rana, a police spokesperson, told Reuters that it was a bomb explosion. He said that a time device rigged for a motorcycle exploded in front of a market shop.
He said that a nine-year-old boy was among the three deceased.
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In a text message to a reporter, a newly formed separatist group in southwestern Balochistan claimed responsibility.
The attack was on a bank, it said. However, the police said they were investigating, and it was too early to connect to the Pakistan Super League (PSL).
Twenty20 cricket tournaments are to begin in about a week. Baloch separatists are fighting a low-key rebellion against the Pakistani government to take a larger share of the rich local minerals.
They attack the government or Chinese projects bordering Afghanistan, Iran. Still, it is rare for them to attack a city like Lahore.
China has been involved in the construction of Gwadar’s port on the Arabian Sea and other projects in the province as part of a $60 billion China Pakistan Economic Corridor. This is part of Beijing’s Belt and Road initiative.
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