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| India-Pakistan |
| Seven |
| 2010-06-27 |
| Twin low intensity bomb blasts hit a CD market in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Saturday wounding four people and creating havoc in the area, police said. Police said the target of the blasts was one of the busiest music and CD markets in the city centre's Hall Road. Shopkeepers in the area said they had received threatening letters for selling Western movies and “objectionable CDs' from unknown persons describing the business as “dirty'. “Four people have been wounded in these two blasts. The target was the CD and music market,' Rafiullah, a police officer at the site who goes by one name, told AFP. Sajjad Bhutta, the city's top administrative official, told reporters at the scene that the bombs were timed devices. Mudasser Javed, an injured shopkeeper, said he and others like him had received threatening letters warning them to put a stop to the “un-Islamic' business. TV footage showed shopkeepers closing down their stores and running from the scene soon after the blasts. Update: Seven people were injured in two low-intensity blasts at Lahore biggest electronic market at Hall Road on Saturday. The first blast occurred near CDs market, Zaitoon Plaza, causing the panicked shoppers and shopkeepers running for cover. After five minutes another blast occurred near Rafi Plaza that further contributed to the panic among the people. The impact of the blasts smashed windowpanes of the nearby shops. The injured were rushed to Meo Hospital while police and relief crew reached the spot. They ordered the people to immediately leave the blasts site. DCO Lahore Sajjad Bhatta said the blasts were part of conspiracy to spread fear and can be traced back to Al-Hamra Arts Council and Allama Iqbal Town blasts. |
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