69 perish in a suicide attack in Lahore, Pakistan

While Brussels mourn death of its citizens at the hands of suicide bombers, a suicide attack in the park of Lahore, Pakistan resulted into the death of 69 holiday makers and leaving over 300 injured. This is one of the deadliest suicide attack that Pakistan faced over a long history of such attacks carried out by militants with which Pakistan army is in war with.

The place of attack is a huge park in the renowned residential area of Lahore. The blast was just outside the exit gate and a few feet away from the children's swings. Eye witnesses said there were pools of blood and scattered body parts spread across the site of the attack.

Javed Ali, a 35-year-old who lives opposite the park, said the force of the blast had shattered his home's windows, reports the daily Dawn. “After ten minutes I went outside. There was human flesh on the walls of our house. People were crying, I could hear ambulances.”

The attack was claimed by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan Jamaatul Ahrar.

Read more about it at: Dawn
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