Hundreds were injured on Sunday when explosives ripped through crowds near a children’s play area in Lahore PAKISTAN’s army launched raids and arrested suspects yesterday after a Taliban suicide bomber targeting Christians over Easter killed 72 people including many children in a park crowded with families.Hundreds more were injured on Sunday when explosives packed with ball bearings ripped through the crowds near a children’s play area in the park in Lahore, where many had gathered to celebrate Easter. Grieving families spent yesterday burying their dead."I tried to pump my son’s chest and give him CPR, but he was no more. He died right in front of me," Javed Bashir said as relatives wailed at his son Mutahir’s funeral."My son, my son, nobody should lose their sons," sobbed the mother of another victim.A spokesman for the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan said the group had carried out the attack as "Christians are our target", and vowed more assaults on sch...
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