Video | 16-year-old kills nine in Pakistan

The people were participating in a Shiite Muslim procession when the teenager attacked.

“We have received nine bodies so far,” a doctor at the city’s main hopsital said adding that the dead included three police officials and one woman. Amongst the 52 wounded, 20 of them were critical, including women and children.

“It was a suicide attack,” a senior police official said. “The bomber came close to our checkpoint, threw a bag near a car and blew himself up when policeman tried to stop him.”

The bombing took place at a busy intersection in downtown Lahore.

Another senior police official said police had tried to apprehend the boy before he blew himself up."The policeman stopped this boy and wanted to body search him... The boy was 16 years old," he said.