DEATH TOLL TOPS 30 IN LAHORE BLASTS
Baku, September 2 (AZERTAC). The death toll from a trio of suicide attacks during a Shiite processions in Lahore, Pakistan, grew to 31 Thursday, authorities said.
Khalid Ranjha, a Lahore government official, said 340 people were injured in Wednesday`s blasts, which left seven people critically wounded.
The three explosions occurred within a radius of about 600 meters (2,000 feet).
All three blasts were the work of suicide bombers, said Nayab Haider, a spokesman for the Lahore police. Police tried to stop the first suicide bomber as the procession was ending, but he blew himself up as the police officer caught up with him in the crowd, Haider said.
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