Suicide bomber kills dozens at Pakistan border parade

At least 45 people were killed and 55 more injured in a Lahore, Pakistan, suicide blast near the country's border with India, police and hospital officials said Sunday, according to CNN.

A suicide bomber detonated his vest after a daily parade at the Wagah border crossing, Inspector General Mushtaq Ahmad Sukhera of the Punjab police said. It appeared the bomber entered the parade area as people were leaving and set off an explosive vest near a checkpoint, he said.

Spokesmen for two groups linked to the Pakistani Taliban -- Jundallah and Jamaat-ul-Ahrar -- separately claimed responsibility for the bombing, with the spokesman for the latter, Ehsanullah Ehsan, calling the Jundallah claim "baseless." Ehsan's statement promised more attacks.

"We will soon release the video of this attack," the statement said. "This attack is the revenge of the killing of those innocent people who have been killed by Pakistan Army, particularly of those who have been killed in North Waziristan."

Footage from CNN affiliate GEO News showed authorities scrambling through the streets, some of them ferrying the injured on stretchers to ambulances. Many onlookers were crying as they spoke to reporters.

Police have cordoned off the area and are investigating, Sukhera said.