LAHORE:Two people were killed and at least a dozen wounded in a bomb blast near a Sunni Muslim shrine in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore late Thursday, officials said.
Local administration chief Ahad Cheema said the explosion took place at the gate of a shrine to Muslim saint Haider Sain.
It was a remote-controlled bomb which was planted near the main gate of the shrine. Two people have died and about two dozen have been injured, he said.
We have received 12 injured and two dead bodies, said Mohammad Ilyas, a senior doctor at a nearby hospital.
Local police officer Mohammad Shehzad earlier said the low-intensity blast was apparently caused by a firecracker.
Police have cordoned off the area and an investigation is under way, officials said.
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