LAHORE, Pakistan — A Pakistani government official says two gunmen have attacked a hospital in eastern Pakistan, killing at least eight people.
Rana Sanaullah, the law minister in Punjab province, says five of the people killed in the attack in the city of Lahore shortly before midnight Monday were policemen.
He says the gunmen have taken several patients hostage and police have surrounded the building. One of the gunmen is shooting at the police from the rooftop.
Muazzam Ali, a doctor at the hospital, says the gunmen were disguised in police uniforms.
