By SPA
Islamabad : SPA At least thirty people were killed and dozens others injured in twin suicide bombings that struck the most populated and busiest area of Pakistan s second biggest city of Lahore Tuesday morning, police said.
In both cases, the bombers hit their explosive laden vehicles with their targets.
The first bomber collided his vehicle with the entry gate of the eighty-storey building housing the offices of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
All the five persons sitting on its reception desk were among those killed instantly.
The building was badly damaged and declared unfit for use. Hundreds of FIA personnel have their offices in it.
More than twenty-five people were killed in this explosion.
The second bombing took place in Model Town where the bombers hit the house of a lawyer, killing four persons.
A large number of the injured persons, who were removed to different Lahore hospitals, were stated to be in serious conditions. Emergency was declared in hospitals.