Five low-intensity blasts hit Lahore

Six explosions have been reported in Iqbal town. The first blast occurred in an empty plot near crowded Moon Market in Kashmir Block. The second blast hit a car parked outside a house. The third and sixth blast also occurred in Kashmir Block. The fourth blast reported outside the residence of a Group Captain Inam-ul-Haq's home in Zeenat Block. The fifth and the last blast struck Karim Block. Rescue teams and police have cordoned the area. Panic and fear prevailed among the masses. No causality has been reported. Cracker bombs were used in all the blasts. It was the eighth terror attack of the day in the city. Two blasts in Aray Bazaar this morning killed 40 people and injured 130 others. A series of attacks in Pakistan's second city, Lahore, has killed dozens of people and wounded more than 100 others, police say. At least 45 people, including 10 soldiers, were killed in Friday's first attack - a double bombing aimed at military vehicles, police said. A second attack later in the day near a police station is reported to have claimed another four lives. The double bombing occurred in RA Bazaar, a residential and commercial neighbourhood where several security agencies have facilities. "Two suicide bombers attacked within the span of 15 to 20 seconds and they were on foot," Tariq Saleem Dogar, the chief of Punjab police, said. No group immediately claimed responsibility for Friday's blasts, but the government blamed the Taliban.