**At least nine people have been killed and more than 50 injured after a blast hit a Pakistani village east of the city of Lahore, police say.**The explosion took place at a house used for teaching religious lessons to children, local officials said.
It is not yet clear what caused the blast in Mian Channu district in Pakistan’s Punjab province.
Lahore, Punjab’s main city, has been the target of several deadly attacks in recent months.
“It appears that the blast was caused by some explosives placed inside the house,” Kamran Khan, a local police chief, told Reuters news agency.
Pakistan’s military is currently in the middle of operations in its north-west to clear the Swat Valley and South Waziristan regions of Taliban fighters.