Deadly bomb blast strikes Lahore, Pakistan

by Breaking Tweets    May 27, 2009

Per CNN, at least 10 were killed and 80 wounded in an apparent suicide attack on a police building in Lahore, Pakistan. More than 200 people were believed to be inside the facility, which was brought to rubble.

The first tweets on the incident from Lahore had varying perspectives:

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   qaziatiq (Lahore, Pakistan) did any one feel the earthquake in lahore or do i need more sleep 27 May 2009 from TweetDeck
2. 
   tahiriqbal (Lahore, Pakistan) bomb blast in lahore probably near mall road. many windows in my building in Chamber of Commerce Building have broken. God Bless All 27 May 2009 from TweetDeck
3. 
   gattermeier (Lahore, Pakistan) MASSIVE explosion at the place next to us!! Whole building shaking as hell!! - http://bkite.com/07Sqv 27 May 2009 from Brightkite
4. 
   sharjeelq (Lahore, Pakistan) felt a strong jolt in #lahore . bomb blast? 27 May 2009 from mobile web
5. 
   Fatima_Hussain (Lahore, Pakistan) Just heard a huge sucide attack in lahore.It was loud & clear! hope the destruction is not much.Ya’ Allah khair! 27 May 2009 from mobile web

Here were some additional tweets in the aftermath:

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   tahiriqbal (Lahore, Pakistan) gun firing also heard aftr #lahore blast. Im sitting next to the window. Thank God it didn’t break. you can imagine wht might ‘ve happened 27 May 2009 from TweetDeck
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   asimzeeshan (Lahore, Pakistan) @harisn In 15 building near charing cross, ganga ram hospital 27 May 2009 from DestroyTwitter in reply to harisn
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   azulfi (Lahore, Pakistan) @wizardjks i m perfectly fine dude…..thanx for asking…. i dont know the details yet need to watch the news……. once again thanx 27 May 2009 from TwitterFox in reply to wizardjks
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   sidrahhaque (Lahore, Pakistan) blast felt till ederton road, trg et al. thats a fucking big blast. can’t believe this is becoming a monthly affair. #lahore 27 May 2009 from web
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   maleehaa (Lahore, Pakistan) Btw the windows rattled REALLY loudly at my school building in main gulberg arnd the time of the blast #lahore 27 May 2009 from mobile web

@tahiriqbal posted this TwitPic with the caption “Smoke rising after the blast”:

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