Suicide attack targets Easter crowd in Lahore - at least 70 women and children killed

It was another suicide attack in Pakistan and this time it was in Lahore where at least 70 people were killed in Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park of Allama Iqbal Town on Sunday evening. Another over 250 were injured and the responsibility for the attack was claimed by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan Jamaatul Ahrar.
This has been reported in dawn.com dated 28 March 2016.

Iqbal Town Superintendent Police has confirmed this was a suicide attack and that it happened at a children's park where women and children were present in large numbers. The area is a well known residential area of Lahore and the blast was just outside the exit gate and a few feet away from the children's swings.
The head of the suicide bomber was recovered and ball bearings were also found at the site. The park is quite large and has several entrance gates and there were almost no security personnel present.


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