Blasts hit Pakistan naval college

A suspected suicide attack on a prestigious naval college in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has killed at least six people and injured 15 others. Police and witnesses said at least three blasts were heard at the Naval War College in the centre of the bustling city, Pakistan's second biggest, causing chaos and a major fire.

Kamal Hyder, Al Jazeera's correspondent in Islamabad, said the blasts were part of a well planned suicide attack, reported to have been carried out by two suicide bombers. He said the death toll was likely to rise.

Captain Akbar Naqi, a navy spokesman, said: "It looks like a suicide attack on the naval war college." Abduyllah Yasim, a local police official, said: " There were three blasts and many casualties are feared." Witnesses said two of the three blasts were triggered by the bombers. The third explosion occurred when cannisters left by the bombers exploded.

Frequent attacks

Pakistan has been hit by a series of attacks on security forces and military installations in recent months.

A teenage bomber blew himself up at a meeting of tribal elders discussing how to tackle al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters in the northwestern town of Darra Adam Khel on Sunday, killing 43 people.