More than 50 people killed in Easter Sunday suicide
bombing
(Vatican Radio) A suicide
bomber killed at least 52 people, mostly women and children, at a public park
in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Easter Sunday.
The blast occurred in the
parking area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, a few feet (metres) away from children's
swings. Around 150 people were injured in the explosion, officials said.
There was no immediate claim
of responsibility for the blast.
Eyewitnesses said they saw
body parts strewn across the parking lot once the dust had settled after the
blast. Media footage showed children and women crying and screaming and rescue
officials, police and bystanders carrying injured people to ambulances and
private cars.
The park had been
particularly busy on Sunday evening due to the Easter weekend, and some are
speculating Christian families celebrating the holiday may have been the target
of the attack.
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