At least 65 dead and 280 injured by suicide attack in Lahore, Pakistan
Amounted to 65 dead and at least 280 people were injured, mostly women and children, the attack which occurred this afternoon in a public park gusli-e-Iqbal Lahore.
So far no organization has claimed responsibility for the attack. Police said they have not clarified whether the perpetrators targeted the small Christian community of Pakistan today celebrating Easter.
"At the time of explosion, the flames were thrown so high that surpassed in height the trees and saw people ejected in the air," said Hassan Imran, a resident of the city who had come out for a walk in the park.
An official health services, Salman Rafiq, said the injured are more than 280. "Many operated on this time and feared that the death toll will rise significantly," he added. At least 50 of the injured are children.
Local television channels showed images of dozens of women and children are transported in ambulances. Many wounded were transferred to hospitals by taxi or even by rickshaw cycles, lack of ambulances. Hundreds of people have been rushed to hospitals in Lahore to donate blood.
According to local media, the morgues are full and many of the corpses kept for now in hospital wards.
A doctor, Dr. Ashraf, described scenes of horror in Gina hospital where he works. "So far we have received more than 40 corpses and over 200 injured. Most of them are in critical condition. They provide first aid on the floor and in the corridors and arrivals are continuing," he said.
"We went to spend a pleasant afternoon because the weather was good," said a woman, Nasrin Bibi, weeping as expected of doctors to inform it of the status of 2chronis daughter. "God drown them with rage. What kind of people targeting young children in a park?" continued.
The authorities of Punjab ordered to close all public parks and announced three days of mourning in the province. Most shops were closed and the streets of Lahore devastated.
In the area of gusli-e-Iqbal Park developed soldiers to control the crowd that had gathered there. There were light impact with angry relatives of people who were in the park at the time of the attack.
Javed Ali, a resident of Lahore whose house is directly opposite the park, told AFP he heard "a huge explosion" and the windows smashed. "Everything trembled, heard screams and everywhere was dust. Ten minutes later, I was able to go out. On the wall of our house there was human flesh. People were crying, I heard the ambulance sirens," he said.
The park, where he had gone and he was a few hours earlier, "was crowded because of Easter, there were many Christians there. It was so crowded that I told my family not to go we," he concluded.
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Amounted to 65 dead and at least 280 people were injured, mostly women and children, the attack which occurred this afternoon in a public park gusli-e-Iqbal Lahore.
So far no organization has claimed responsibility for the attack. Police said they have not clarified whether the perpetrators targeted the small Christian community of Pakistan today celebrating Easter.
"At the time of explosion, the flames were thrown so high that surpassed in height the trees and saw people ejected in the air," said Hassan Imran, a resident of the city who had come out for a walk in the park.
An official health services, Salman Rafiq, said the injured are more than 280. "Many operated on this time and feared that the death toll will rise significantly," he added. At least 50 of the injured are children.
Local television channels showed images of dozens of women and children are transported in ambulances. Many wounded were transferred to hospitals by taxi or even by rickshaw cycles, lack of ambulances. Hundreds of people have been rushed to hospitals in Lahore to donate blood.
According to local media, the morgues are full and many of the corpses kept for now in hospital wards.
A doctor, Dr. Ashraf, described scenes of horror in Gina hospital where he works. "So far we have received more than 40 corpses and over 200 injured. Most of them are in critical condition. They provide first aid on the floor and in the corridors and arrivals are continuing," he said.
"We went to spend a pleasant afternoon because the weather was good," said a woman, Nasrin Bibi, weeping as expected of doctors to inform it of the status of 2chronis daughter. "God drown them with rage. What kind of people targeting young children in a park?" continued.
The authorities of Punjab ordered to close all public parks and announced three days of mourning in the province. Most shops were closed and the streets of Lahore devastated.
In the area of gusli-e-Iqbal Park developed soldiers to control the crowd that had gathered there. There were light impact with angry relatives of people who were in the park at the time of the attack.
Javed Ali, a resident of Lahore whose house is directly opposite the park, told AFP he heard "a huge explosion" and the windows smashed. "Everything trembled, heard screams and everywhere was dust. Ten minutes later, I was able to go out. On the wall of our house there was human flesh. People were crying, I heard the ambulance sirens," he said.
The park, where he had gone and he was a few hours earlier, "was crowded because of Easter, there were many Christians there. It was so crowded that I told my family not to go we," he concluded.
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