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Bomb in Pakistan's Lahore, no word on casualties


    LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb went off in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore during the morning rush hour on Monday but there was no immediate word on the number of casualties, officials said.

    "There are casualties but at the moment we don't know how many. I'm on my way," said city government official Sajjad Bhutta.

    The attack outside a federal police office bore all the hallmarks of an operation by al Qaeda-backed Pakistani Taliban militants.

    The blast left a huge crater in the road outside the office of the main police investigation agency, the Federal Investigation Agency, which was severely damaged.

    The agency has been attacked at least twice before in Lahore.

    Television showed pictures of a man covered in blood trapped in a car and passers-by trying to help him out.

    (Additional reporting by Kamran Haider; Writing by Robert Birsel; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)