RailEnquiry

At least two persons were killed and 25 injured in a bomb explosion inside the Lahore railway station on Tuesday evening.

The bomb was apparently placed in a bag left at the waiting area for the recently launched luxury train, Business Express.

The blast took place around 7 p.m. on Platform No. 2 of the railway station. Given the tight security arrangements at the railway station, the biggest concern of the authorities was how the bomber managed to get the explosives past the various levels of screening in and around the premises.

According to the police, about five kg of explosives had been packed into the bag. No organisation had claimed responsibility for the blast till at least two hours after the blast.