Suicide bomb blasts at shrine in Pakistan’s Lahore city kill at least 18

18 die in bomb blasts at Pakistan shrine

LAHORE, Pakistan — A government official says at least two suicide bombers attacked a popular Muslim shrine minutes apart in the Pakistani city of Lahore, killing 18 people.

Sajjad Dhutta, a senior government official in Lahore, says police are still investigating the source of a third blast that followed the two suicide bombers.

Dhutta said thousands of people were visiting Data Darbar shrine at the time of the attack. It contains the tomb of a famous Sufi saint and is visited by hundreds of thousands of people every year.

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LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A police official says two bombs have exploded at a popular Muslim shrine in the Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least six people.

Chaudhry Shafiq, chief of operations for the Lahore police, says the explosions occurred late Thursday night at Data Durbar, the tomb of a famous Sufi saint that is visited by hundreds of thousands of people every year.

Another senior police official in the city, Omar Virk, said more than 30 people were wounded.