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Suicide blast kills 20 in Pakistan's Lahore
10 Jan 2008 07:50:29 GMT
Source: Reuters
LAHORE, Pakistan, Jan 10 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber attacked policemen outside the High Court in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Thursday killing 20 people, most of them policemen, a city official said.

"Twenty people have been killed and 60 wounded. Most of the victims are policemen. It was a suicide attack," said senior city government official Mian Ejaz. (Editing by Robert Birsel and Roger Crabb)


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