23 injured as blasts hit Pakistan's eastern city Lahore

 ISLAMABAD, August 1 (Xinhua) -- At least 23 people were injured when two blasts² hit a fruit market in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday night, reported local media.

Local Urdu TV channel Geo quoted police as saying that the blasts took place at about 10:00 p.m. at a fruit market in the Badami Bagh area of Lahore, the largest city in eastern Pakistan, which is close to Indian border.

According to local media reports, one bomb was planted under a fruit cart inside the market while another was planted insider a car nearby the entrance of the market. Both bombs were detonated simultaneously³ through a remote controlled device, said police.

Police and rescue team rushed to the site shortly after the blasts were reported.

All the injured people have been shifted to Meo Hospital in the city and hospital sources said that at least five out of the injured were in critical condition.

High alert⁴ has been declared in the nearby places following the twin blast¹.

So far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.

1 blast   

v.炸毁，摧毁；n.爆炸，爆破，一阵，汽笛声

参考例句：

• A huge bomb blast rocked central London last night.昨晚一次剧烈的炸弹爆炸震动了伦敦市中心。
• Not until last week was the project in full blast.工程直到上星期才全部开工。

2 blasts   

n.爆炸( blast的名词复数 )；一阵（疾风等）；（吹奏乐器、哨子、汽车喇叭等突然发出的）响声；突如其来的强劲气流v.（用炸药）炸毁( blast的第三人称单数 )；狠打；发出刺耳的高音；向…猛吹，（用水）向…喷射

参考例句：

• The blasts were caused by pockets of methane gas that ignited. 爆炸是由甲烷气囊被引燃造成的。
• The massive blasts shook windows throughout the city, jolting sleeping residents awake. 大量的冲击波震动了整个城市的窗户，惊醒了睡梦中的居民。

3 simultaneously   

adv.同时发生地，同时进行地

参考例句：

• The radar beam can track a number of targets almost simultaneously.雷达波几乎可以同时追着多个目标。
• The Windows allow a computer user to execute multiple programs simultaneously.Windows允许计算机用户同时运行多个程序。

4 alert   

adj.机警的，活泼的，机灵的；vt.使...警觉

参考例句：

• Drivers must be on the alert for traffic signals.驾驶员必须密切注意交通信号。
• The rabbIt'seems to be very alert all its life.兔子似乎一生都小心翼翼，十分警觉。