At least 50 dead after suicide attack in Lahore park

<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"> <b><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></u></i></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"> <b><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></u></i></b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7DygflqvXaMUxwj3Qp5nOlpQj0wecU_IKLy6u4B3hgJx8t8kIjAugh-pFR-yjK-nfLGUcfX4EyMsb2_1MVO3GoqUv5MwsHAJ10AeJeBeY1BDD72PF6S1jPT-nnURA8h3gc47xgW7CAI/s1600/56f804a83bb6d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw7DygflqvXaMUxwj3Qp5nOlpQj0wecU_IKLy6u4B3hgJx8t8kIjAugh-pFR-yjK-nfLGUcfX4EyMsb2_1MVO3GoqUv5MwsHAJ10AeJeBeY1BDD72PF6S1jPT-nnURA8h3gc47xgW7CAI/s320/56f804a83bb6d.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"> <b><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><br /></span></u></i></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"> <b><i><u><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">At least 50 dead after suicide attack in Lahore park</span></u></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #1c1c1c; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 24.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15.45pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; vertical-align: top;"> <span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Eye witnesses said there were pools of blood and scattered body parts in the park, where a large number of families, especially women and children, were present on a Sunday evening. – DawnNews screengrab</span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15pt; vertical-align: top;"> <b><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">LAHORE: At least 50 people have been killed in a suicide attack in Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park of Iqbal Town on Sunday evening. Adviser to Chief Minister on Health Salman Rafique confirmed the death toll. Edhi sources add that over 200 are injured.</span></b><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15pt; vertical-align: top;"> <span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Iqbal Town Superintendent Police Dr Muhammad Iqbal confirmed this was a suicide attack and took place at a children's park, where a large number of families, especially women and children, were present.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15pt; vertical-align: top;"> <span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">DIG Operations Captain (Retd) Muhammad Usman said the head of the suicide bomber has been recovered. Ball bearings have also been found at the site.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15pt; vertical-align: top;"> <span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The area is a renowned residential area of Lahore. The blast was just outside the exit gate and a few feet (metres) away from the children's swings.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15pt; vertical-align: top;"> <span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eye witnesses said there were pools of blood and scattered body parts across the site of the attack.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"> <b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">‘Dead bodies everywhere’<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15pt; vertical-align: top;"> <span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"We took the injured to hospitals on rickshaws and taxis," one eye witness said.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15pt; vertical-align: top;"> <span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">He added that the crowd was "unusually large" because of Easter.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15pt; vertical-align: top;"> <span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"The roads were also jammed and queues of vehicles could be seen till Moon Market."<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"> <span style="background: white; border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; padding: 0in;">Screen grab from outside the hospital</span><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; vertical-align: top;"> <b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">'No security'<o:p></o:p></span></b></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15pt; vertical-align: top;"> <span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many eyewitnesses said there was no security present in and around the park. A man, talking to DawnNews, said:<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15pt; vertical-align: top;"> <span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">"The park is huge and has many entrance gates. There was almost negligible security personnel present there."<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15pt; vertical-align: top;"> <span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A Rescue 1122 spokesman confirmed that an emergency call was received at around 6:44pm and that over 20 ambulances reached the site.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15pt; vertical-align: top;"> <span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">An emergency has been declared at all government hospitals in the city, and a heavy contingent of police has cordoned off the area.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15pt; vertical-align: top;"> <i><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is a developing story and will be updated accordingly</span></i><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div>

At least 50 dead after suicide attack in Lahore park

At least 50 dead after suicide attack in Lahore park Eye witnesses said there were pools of blood and scattered body parts in the...

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