United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned a suicide bombing that ripped through Lahore’s Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park.
Ban on Sunday called for “the perpetrators of this appalling terrorist act to be brought swiftly to justice, consistent with human rights obligations”, Xinhua news agency reported.
At least 72 people were killed and over 300 injured, mostly women and children, when the blast occurred at Gate No. 1 of the public park where Christian families were celebrating Easter on Sunday.
The splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, a faction of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack and said it deliberately targeted Christians on Easter.
