ISLAMABAD, May 8 (Xinhua) -- At least three people were killed and 18 others injured on Wednesday morning in a blast near a police vehicle outside a shrine in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore, local media reported.

According to the reports, the blast hit the vehicle of police commandoes which was present for the Data Darbar, a famous shrine in the provincial capital of the eastern Punjab province.

Pakistani security personnel surround a damaged police van in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 8, 2019. (Photo: AP)

Police and rescue teams rushed to the site and shifted the bodies and injured to the Mayo Hospital of the city.

An official from the hospital told media that the death toll might further rise as four of the injured are in critical condition.

Local media reported that it was a suicide attack, but no official confirmed it yet. No group claimed the attack yet.