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Bomb blast in Pakistan park kills 10, wounds 30 44 killed in bomb blast at a park in Pakistan
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ISLAMABAD — Pakistani police say at least 10 people have been killed and 30 wounded in a blast in a park in the eastern city of Lahore. ISLAMABAD — A bomb blast in a park in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday has killed 44 people and wounded 91, a health official said.
Senior police officer Haider Ashraf says the explosion took place Sunday in the parking area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal park. He says the explosion appeared to have been a suicide bombing, but investigations were ongoing. Many of the injured are in a critical condition, Salman Rafiq, a health adviser to the chief minister of Punjab province said.
He says the area was crowded because Christians are celebrating the Easter holiday and many families were leaving the park when the blast occurred. He says the death toll could still rise as many of the wounded were in a critical condition. The explosion took place near the children’s rides in Gulshan-e-Iqbal park, local police chief Haider Ashraf said. He said the explosion appeared to have been a suicide bombing, but investigations were ongoing.
The area was crowded with Christians celebrating the Easter holidays, and many families were leaving the park when the blast occurred, Ashraf said.
Ashraf said the park was manned by police guards and private security guards. “We are in a warlike situation and there is always a general threat but no specific threat alert was received for this place,” he added.
Footage broadcast on local television stations showed chaotic scenes in the park, with people running while carrying children and cradling the wounded in their laps.
A witness, not identified by name on Pakistan’s Geo TV station, said he was heading toward a ride with his wife and two children when he heard a huge bang and all four of them were thrown to the floor.
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