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Blast in Lahore police building, 13 dead, schoolchildren hurt.

Statesman (India)

| March 09, 2010 | COPYRIGHT 1999 The Statesman (English). (Hide copyright information)Copyright

LAHORE/KARACHI, 8 MARCH: Thirteen people were killed and more than 60 persons, including eight women, were injured in a suicide car bombing, which was triggered at the buildings housing Pakistan's Special Investigation Unit in Model Town here. Police used to interrogate high-value Taliban militants in the buildings. PTI said schoolchildren were among the persons injured.A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban's main umbrella faction, Tehreek-e-Taliban, said it was responsible for the attack. "We claim responsibility for the Lahore blast. We will continue such attacks in future," Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Azam Tariq told two AFP reporters in telephone calls from an …

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