Lahore: Taliban’s attack on Easter targets Christians; 67 people killed

Updated 6:51 PM ET, Sun March 27, 2016 | Video Source: CNN

(CNN)A splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on Easter Sunday, saying it intentionally targeted Christians.

The suicide blast in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore killed at least 67 people, a local government spokesman told CNN.
More than 300 others were injured, police official Haider Ashraf said.
The explosion ripped through the heart of Lahore on Sunday evening, at a time when many families were at the city’s Gulshan Iqbal Park to celebrate the Easter holiday. Many women and children were among the victims.
Relatives and emergency workers carry an injured woman to the hospital.
Rescuers and officials gather at the site of the blast.
Rescue workers and police gather near the site where a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded park in Lahore, Pakistan, on Sunday, March 27.  The blast killed at least 60 people and injured 200, according to health adviser for Punjab province Khawaja Salman Rafique.

Categories: Pakistan, The Muslim Times

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