In Lahore, 72 people have been killed in an attack by a suicide bomber from the Pakistani Taliban. The terrorist blew up a bomb in a park where many families with children were spending their time. The updates figure was reported to AFP on Monday, March 28, by Deeba Shahbaz, rescue spokeswoman. Twenty-nine of the victims are children. Senior police officer has confirmed this information and added that most of those killed were Muslims. However, according to the terrorists, the attack was directed against Christians. “We claim responsibility for the attack in Lahore, and members of the Christian community were our prime target,” said Ehsanullah Ehsan, spokesman of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a militant group of the Pakistani Taliban. According to official sources, 233 people have been wounded – the number is less than previously stated figure of 300. Secretary-General of the UN Ban Ki-moon has condemned the terrorist attack committed on Easter in Pakistan, calling it an “appalling” act of terrorism. He called for justice to be brought against the perpetrators of this heinous act of terrorism, in accordance with the commitments in the area of human rights.
