A breakaway Pakistani faction of the militant Taliban group has claimed responsibility for an Easter Sunday bombing in a park in the eastern city of Lahore that killed at least 65 people. Ahsanullah Ahsan, spokesperson for Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, said that a suicide bomber with the faction deliberately targeted the Christian community.
The explosion took place near the children’s rides in Gulshan-e-Iqbal park — which was crowded with Christians celebrating Easter —local police chief Haider Ashraf said. He said the explosion appeared to have been a suicide bombing, but investigations were ongoing. The explosion killed 65 people and wounded over 300, said Deeba Shahnaz, a spokesperson for Lahore rescue administration.
