Pakistani television stations report that gunmen armed with bullets have attacked two mosques belonging to a minority Islamic sect throughout Friday prayers in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.
The attacks were alongside the Ahmadi group, which has often been a target for radical Sunni Muslim group in the past.
The reports said that mosques were several miles (kilometers) separately,
The reports do not talk about death or injury, but said wounded were expected.
An official in Lahore was not right away available to corroborate.
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Quetta, Pakistan (AP) - Police say gunmen riding on a motorcycle open fire on a car with four policemen in southwest Pakistan, killing them all.
The attack occurs Friday in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan region.
Senior police official Naveed Ahmed said one of the slain officers had played an important role in impressive militants from the banned Sunni radical group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.
But Ahmed does not blame one group for the attack, said the study was ongoing.
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