Posted on 03/27/2016 11:45:49 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A suicide bomber killed at least 65 people and injured more than 280 others, mostly women and children, at a public park in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday, striking at the heart of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's political base of Punjab.
The blast occurred in the parking area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, a few feet (metres) away from children's swings.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast, which occurred in a busy residential area during the Easter holiday weekend. Police said it was not clear whether the attack had deliberately targeted mainly Muslim Pakistan's small Christian minority.
Pakistan, a nuclear-armed nation of 190 million people, is plagued by a Taliban insurgency, criminal gangs and sectarian violence. Punjab is its biggest and wealthiest province.
Eyewitnesses 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 come to Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park for a walk.
(Excerpt) Read more at in.reuters.com ...
Was he a moderate Muslim or an extreme Muslim?
These things are very complicated. There is much to be taken into consideration before calling it workplace violence.
POPE: “Defeat ISIS with ‘weapons of love”...
obama: “We must tango with them and teach them baseball”
Kerry: “They are not suppose to do that”
Clinton: “Do they have any money to give to er... the Clinton charity?”
Happy Easter from that Islamist Pig Obama’s Islamist friends.
How can a suicide bomber claim responsibilty, aren't they always dead?
Thanks for the link. Funny how some pissant group wants to claim responsibility when it’s actually the bomber who did the deed.
HOMICIDE bomber.
I am so tired of the suicide bomber phrase. It makes it sound like they only are out to kill themselves. Argh!!!!
OOOOOOH...those peace-loving moozlums again. Is there no end to their “fun” in murdering innocents?
Oh, how proud his Mother must be at this time!
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