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At Least 65 Killed In Suicide Attack On Children's Park In Lahore

By Countercurrents.org

28 March, 2016
Countercurrents.org

A suicide bomb attack in a crowded children's park in the Pakistan city of Lahore killed at least 65 people and wounded more than 300 people. Most of the dead are women and children. A faction of the Pakistani Taliban, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, claimed responsibility for the attack and said that it was aimed at Christians celebrating Easter holiday.

A suicide bomber blew himself up a few metres from a children's play area. The bodies of those killed continued to arrive at the city's hospital morgues early on Monday, where worried friends and family also looked for and registered loved ones still missing.

In 2014, Pakistan launched an offensive against the Taliban and affiliated groups in the North Waziristan region, seeking to deprive them of safe havens from which to launch attacks in both Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Lahore is the capital of Punjab, which has normally been more peaceful than other parts of Pakistan.

Last year, a bomb killed a popular provincial minister and at least eight others when it destroyed his home in the region.

Soon after the attack, the Punjab government ordered all public parks closed and declared three days of mourning. The main shopping areas were closed and many of the city's roads were deserted.




 



 

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