At least eight people have been killed in an explosion outside a major Sufi Muslim shrine in the Pakistani city of Lahore, officials said.
Five police officers are reportedly among the dead. A police van was the prime target, authorities said.
Police have described the explosion as a suicide attack, Pakistan’s APP news agency reports.
The explosion occurred near the Data Darbar Sufi shrine, one of the oldest Sufi shrines in South Asia.
So far, no group has said it carried out the attack.
The bloodshed comes as Pakistani Muslims mark the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
A security operation is still under way in the area, with heavy police presence at the blast site.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has strongly denounced the attack.
