LAHORE, Pakistan (Islamweb & News Agencies) - A powerful bomb exploded in eastern Pakistan Monday, wounding at least 14 people, including a 3-year-old child, police said.The bomb, which police said was apparently tied to a motorcycle, detonated in an old neighborhood of the border city of Lahore, the capital of Punjab province.
No group has claimed responsibility.
Police cordoned off the Rang Mahal neighborhood and rushed victims to the hospital.
Two victims who were hit by bomb fragments were in critical condition, said Azhar Massood, a doctor at the state-run hospital. No other details were immediately available.
In recent months, a series of bomb explosions in Pakistan have killed and wounded scores of people. In August alone, at least five bombs have exploded in various parts of Pakistan.
Police have not made any arrests in connection with the bombings.
Pakistan mostly blames neighboring India for carrying out acts of sabotage. India denies the charge and accuses Pakistan of fomenting violence in the disputed Kashmir region, an allegation India rejects. (Read map caption below)
India and Pakistan have fought three wars in the last 54 years - two of them over Kashmir.
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Created to meet the demands of Indian Muslims for their own homeland, Pakistan was originally in two parts. The east wing - present-day Bangladesh - is on the Bay of Bengal bordering India and Burma and the west wing - present-day Pakistan - stretches from the Himalayas down to the Arabian Sea. War with India over the disputed northern territory of Kashmir came shortly after independence - the two countries fought again in 1965.The break-up of the two wings came in 1971 when the predominantly Bengali-speaking east wing seceded with help from India.(BBC: Country Profiles)