Dozens of deaths by bombing Pakistan

On a bombing in eastern Pakistan, 26 people were killed on Monday.

Among the dead are nine police officers, said a spokesman for the Lahore district. The explosion occurred in the afternoon on a busy road in Lahore, the capital of Punjab.

The exact circumstances surrounding the attack were still unclear. The city has declared the state of emergency. According to a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban (TTP), a suicide terrorist on a motorcycle conducted the attack on security forces.