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| Pakistan explosion leaves many dead at Lahore park | Pakistan explosion leaves many dead at Lahore park |
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| An explosion in the Pakistani city of Lahore has killed at least 50 people and injured dozens more, officials say. | |
| The blast was in a large park in the south-west of the city, where many people had gathered late on Sunday. | The blast was in a large park in the south-west of the city, where many people had gathered late on Sunday. |
| Police told the BBC it appeared to be a suicide bomb. No group has said it was behind the blast. | Police told the BBC it appeared to be a suicide bomb. No group has said it was behind the blast. |
| There is speculation that Christian families out for the Easter weekend may have been the target, says the BBC's Shaimaa Khalil, in Lahore. | |
| All the major hospitals in the area have been put on an emergency footing, local media report. | |
| The explosion appears to have been at the main gate to the Gulshan-e-Iqbal park in an area where cars are usually left. | The explosion appears to have been at the main gate to the Gulshan-e-Iqbal park in an area where cars are usually left. |
| Most of the dead and injured are women and children, a senior local police officer told Reuters news agency. | |
| One eyewitness said there was chaos, with a stampede breaking out and children separated from their parents in the rush to escape. | |
| Another told local media of pools of blood and scattered body parts in the park,. | |
| Lahore is the capital of Punjab, Pakistan's largest and wealthiest province and the political powerbase of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. | Lahore is the capital of Punjab, Pakistan's largest and wealthiest province and the political powerbase of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. |
| Pakistan has suffered regular incidents of Taliban-related violence, sectarian strife and criminal gang activity. | Pakistan has suffered regular incidents of Taliban-related violence, sectarian strife and criminal gang activity. |
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