A bomb exploded near a Federal Investigation Agency office in central Pakistan on Tuesday, authorities said, damaging the building and killing at least 12 people amid a surge of extremist violence, The Associated Press reported. TV footage from Multan city showed several severely damaged buildings in the neighborhood, some with their facades ripped off. Ambulances wailed as security forces flooded the zone, where the Federal Investigation Agency office was also located. Rizwan Naseer, the official in charge of the area"s government-run emergency service, told a Pakistani news channel that the attack killed 12 people and wounded 30 people.
