Suicide bombers kill 39 in Lahore

The bombers, who were on foot, struck RA Bazaar, a residential and commercial neighbourhood where several security agencies have facilities. Lahore police chief Parvaiz Rathore said that about 10 of those killed were soldiers. It was the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week. On Monday, a suicide car bomber struck a building in Lahore where police interrogated high-value suspects — including militants — killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility. Also this week, suspected militants attacked the offices of World Vision, a US-based Christian charity, in the north-west district of Mansehra, killing six Pakistani employees, while a bombing at a cinema in Peshawar killed four people. The attacks suggest that US-backed army offensives and drone attacks against militants are destabilising the nuclear-armed country, which borders occupied Afghanistan.