Pakistani rescue workers prepare to remove a body from the site of a deadly bombing in the eastern city of Lahore, Pakistan, on Monday. (AP photo)LAHORE, PAKISTAN - Pakistani police say the death toll in a suicide bombing in the eastern city of Lahore has risen to 22. Senior police officer Haider Ashraf says a suicide bomber on a motorcycle struck near police guarding a demolition site at a vegetable market on the outskirts of Lahore. Mr Ashraf said earlier it was believed earlier that the bomb was in a car, but it discovered that the vehicle belonged to a police officer, among the eight officers killed. A suicide bombing earlier this year killed 16 police on a busy road while another killed over 70 people during Easter last year.

Source: Bangkok Post July 24, 2017 13:41 UTC