More than
70 people, including 29 children, have been killed by a Taliban suicide bomber
who targeted Christians near a children's playground in a park in Pakistan
Photo credit: Reuters
Some 300
people were injured when explosives packed with ball bearings ripped through
crowds near the children's swings in the Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, in Lahore, where
many had gathered to celebrate Easter.
Jamaat-ul-Ahrar,
a splinter group affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban, has claimed
responsibility for the attack, adding: 'The target was Christians.'
Senior
police official Haider Ashraf confirmed that the death toll had risen to 72 on
Monday morning, adding the majority of the dead were Muslims.
