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Summary At least two people have been killed in an explosion at railway station in Lahore.
A bomb exploded near a luxury train waiting lounge at the main railway station in Lahore on Tuesday, killing at least two people, police said.It was a bomb blast, two people have been killed and 10 injured, senior police officer Abdul Razzaque Cheema said.Rescue official Kiramat Ali described it as a huge blast and said 35 wounded had been taken to hospital.The blast took place near the lounge for the luxury Business Express train to Karachi, a service launched two months ago offering first-class travel between Pakistans two biggest cities.Television footage showed a waiting room littered with glass and upended furniture, its windows blown in by the force of the explosion.Senior police officer Ali Ahmad Malik told AFP the bomb was left in a bag and the dead were a porter and a policeman. He added the Business Express train had left the station and was not the target.City police chief Aslam Tarin told reporters at the site that six to eight kilograms of explosives were used in the bomb.It was an act of terrorism and we are investigating how the terrorist came inside the railway station, he said.
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