Posted on 03/27/2016 7:59:02 PM PDT by robowombat
The explosion occurred in the parking area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park close to children's swings. The park is a popular site for members of Lahore's Christian community, many of whom had gone there to celebrate the Easter weekend holiday.
Witnesses said they saw body parts strewn across the parking lot once the dust had settled after the blast.
"When the blast occurred, the flames were so high they reached above the trees and I saw bodies flying in the air," said Hasan Imran, 30, a resident who had gone to Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park for a walk.
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The Taliban faction Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claimed responsibility for the attack.
"The target was Christians," a spokesman for the faction, Ehsanullah Ehsan, said. "We want to send this message to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that we have entered Lahore."
"He can do what he wants but he won't be able to stop us. Our suicide bombers will continue these attacks."
Salman Rafique, a health adviser for the Punjab provincial government, said many of the wounded were undergoing emergency surgery in hospitals.
"We fear that the death toll may climb considerably," he said.
TV footage showed children and women standing in pools of blood outside the park, crying and screaming as rescue workers, officials, police and bystanders carrying injured people to ambulances and private cars.
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Local television channels reported that many of the dead bodies were being kept in hospital wards as morgues were overcrowded.
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Salman Rafique, a health adviser for the Punjab provincial government, said many of the wounded were undergoing emergency surgery in hospitals.
"We fear that the death toll may climb considerably," he said.
TV footage showed children and women standing in pools of blood outside the park, crying and screaming as rescue workers, officials, police and bystanders carrying injured people to ambulances and private cars.
Dozens of women and children were wheeled into hospitals, covered in blood. Many of the injured were transported to hospitals on taxis and auto-rickshaws due to a shortage of ambulances. Hundreds of citizens arrived outside hospitals to donate blood.
Just another day in paradise in islamo country ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4TtCbvv_Yg&index=27&list=RDSWY47W_K8c8
yet Obama is letting another 100k muzzies in and probably 50 Christians.
Does anything good ever come out of Pakistan?
No. Pakistan farted out Obama 30 years ago. The stench has never cleared the air.
Typical moozlums murdering innocents for their religious thrill. Sickos.
Maybe our Muslim loving president can again remind Christians who are outraged at this atrocity, that Christians killed Muslims during the crusades 700 years ago. Of course, he fails to mention the Christians were fighting for their survival as Muslims attacked their countries,just as they are doing now. Read about the Muslim butcher Saladin to learn the true history of Muslim conquest.
Prayers for our brothers and sisters in Christ.
Mohammad would be proud.
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