Blasts kill 48 in Pakistan market

12 April 2012

Two bombs at a market in Lahore have killed up to 48 people and injured 100.

The attackers struck when the market was at its busiest and many victims were women and children.

Pakistan's president, Asif Ali Zardari, said bombings would not stop the fight against militants.

A US missile strike today killed three people in the north-west near the Afghan border.

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