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Twin bomb explosions rock Lahore

17 July 2010 20:29 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Several people have been injured in two back-to-back bomb blasts in different parts of the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, officials say, APA reports quoting presstv.ir website.

Both blasts took place inside internet cafes in Lahore on Saturday. Pakistani security officials say that the first bomb went off in Garhi Shahu and the second in the city’s Shahdara area.

No group or individual has so far claimed responsibility for the attack.

Meanwhile, the Pakistani government reacted by putting its security personnel on high alert in major cities across the country.

Lahore has been the target of several deadly attacks in recent months.

The latest bombing incident comes days after a series of explosions rocked the popular shrine of a Sufi saint, Abul Hassan Ali Hajweri -- located at the heart of Lahore.

Earlier in June, several heavily-armed gunmen attacked two separate prayer sites belonging to a minority sect in Lahore, killing at least 100 people.

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Punjab militant organization claimed responsibility for the attacks.

With such deadly attacks on the rise, the Pakistani military recently launched a series of operations in the country, seeking to clear the troubled tribal region of militants.