LAHORE: Twin suicide bombings in Pakistan targeting the military killed at least 39 people, including soldiers, and wounded nearly 100, on Friday in the city of Lahore, police said. 

Rescue workers and paramedics rushed to the R A Bazaar following the two blasts. – (File Photo)

“We have the heads of both the bombers. There was an interval of 15 seconds between the two attacks. They were on foot. Their target was army vehicles,” Chaudhry Mohammad Shafiq told reporters at the site.

Rescue workers and paramedics rushed to the RA Bazaar. The area was crowded as the blasts occurred shortly before the main Friday prayers were to start. The second blast was reported from the Saddar roundabout.

The RA Bazaar is a residential and commercial neighborhood where several army and security agencies have facilities. TV channels showed security forces swarming the area as bystanders rushed the injured into ambulances.

Eye witnesses reported that there was firing before the blast.

According to police officials two suicide bombers detonated themselves in a parking lot and mosque in the area.

According to military sources, military officials are among the critically injured. Sources claimed that an army convoy was targeted but most of the dead were civilians.

The blasts came four days after a suicide car bomber destroyed offices used to interrogate suspected militants in an upmarket district of Lahore.

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