Islamabad, Dec 7 (DPA) At least 10 people were killed and more than 40 injured when two back-to-back explosions ripped through a busy market in eastern Pakistani city of Lahore Monday, police said.
The market was packed with women and children buying clothes, cosmetics and toys.

An eyewitness told local news channel Duniya television over the phone from the scene that he was in a restaurant when the first blast occurred in the Moon Market.

“We ran out to save our lives but the second bomb exploded and five to six people fell on the ground,” he said.

A senior police officer Chaudhry Shafiq Ahmad told reporters that more than 10 people were killed and over 40 were injured.

He feared that the toll might rise as many people were trapped in the market that caught fire following the blast.

The bombed Moon Market is located in the city’s upmarket area Iqbal Town, where a bombing near a police station killed two policemen Aug 13, 2008. Lahore is Pakistan’s second largest city and is considered as the cultural capital of the country.