Lahore blasts: death toll rises to 49, about 180 injured: DCO

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LAHORE, Dec.09: Dozens killed in Pakistan attacks. The twin Lahore blasts followed an earlier attack in Peshawar and a smaller one in Quetta. Two attacks in Pakistan have left at least 48 people dead and more than 100 injured. In the eastern city of Lahore, two bomb explosions 30 seconds apart at a busy market ignited a massive fire on Monday night that killed 38 people. The blasts came just a few hours after a suicide bomber struck outside a courthouse in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing 10 people and injuring dozens. Monday's bombings are the latest in a wave of attacks in an apparent response to the Pakistani army's offensive against Taliban fighters in the tribal areas near the Afghan border. About 100 people were wounded in the attack in Lahore's Iqbal Town, which was timed to take place when the Moon Market was as its busiest. The explosions set off a fire that quickly engulfed the busy market with its wooden stalls packed tightly together. In a separate attack on Tuesday, a US missile hit a car killing three people and injuring another three in Aspalga village, southeast of Miranshah, the main town of the restive North Waziristan tribal district, security and intelligence officials have said.
Moreover, according to a correspondant of Aljazeera tv described the situation further saying no one has claimed responsibility for Monday's attacks, and while the Taliban is often quick to claim responsibility for attacks on government targets adding attacks underscored, yet again, how fragile and dangerous the situation in the country is. Aljazeera TV