Bomb kills at least 7, injures 20 in Pakistan’s Lahore: Officials

LAHORE AFP March14, 2018  -At least seven people were killed and 20 wounded late Wednesday in a motorcycle bomb attack on a police check-post near Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore, officials said.  

The blast took place in the suburb of Raiwind in Lahore, the main town of central Punjab province, near a mosque hosting a religious congregation.  

 “At least seven people including some police officials have been killed, the bomb was planted in a motorbike,” Jam Sajjad, a spokesman for emergency services, told AFP.  

Shahid Waheed, a senior government official in Lahore confirmed the attack and said the police check-post was the target.  

 “More than 20 people have been wounded and taken to hospitals,” Waheed added.  

No group has yet claimed responsibility for Saudi Arabia the attack.