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Deadly bomb blast strikes Lahore, Pakistan

Per CNN, at least 10 were killed and 80 wounded in an apparent suicide attack on a police building in Lahore, Pakistan. More than 200 people were believed to be inside the facility, which was brought to rubble.

The first tweets on the incident from Lahore had varying perspectives:

  1. qaziatiq (Lahore, Pakistan) did any one feel the earthquake in lahore or do i need more sleep
  2. tahiriqbal (Lahore, Pakistan) bomb blast in lahore probably near mall road. many windows in my building in Chamber of Commerce Building have broken. God Bless All
  3. gattermeier (Lahore, Pakistan) MASSIVE explosion at the place next to us!! Whole building shaking as hell!! – http://bkite.com/07Sqv
  4. sharjeelq (Lahore, Pakistan) felt a strong jolt in #lahore . bomb blast?
  5. Fatima_Hussain (Lahore, Pakistan) Just heard a huge sucide attack in lahore.It was loud & clear! hope the destruction is not much.Ya’ Allah khair!

Here were some additional tweets in the aftermath:

  1. tahiriqbal (Lahore, Pakistan) gun firing also heard aftr #lahore blast. Im sitting next to the window. Thank God it didn’t break. you can imagine wht might ‘ve happened
  2. asimzeeshan (Lahore, Pakistan) @harisn In 15 building near charing cross, ganga ram hospital
  3. azulfi (Lahore, Pakistan) @wizardjks i m perfectly fine dude…..thanx for asking…. i dont know the details yet need to watch the news……. once again thanx
  4. sidrahhaque (Lahore, Pakistan) blast felt till ederton road, trg et al. thats a fucking big blast. can’t believe this is becoming a monthly affair. #lahore
  5. maleehaa (Lahore, Pakistan) Btw the windows rattled REALLY loudly at my school building in main gulberg arnd the time of the blast #lahore

@tahiriqbal posted this TwitPic with the caption “Smoke rising after the blast”:

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