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Bomb blast in Pakistan’s Lahore

At least 70 people dead and more than 300 wounded as bomber kills mostly women and children in Pakistan’s Lahore.

lahore blast 4 — Pakistani police officers and rescue workers gather at the site of bomb explosion in a park in Lahore. [K.M. Chuadary/AP Photo]

At least 70 people – mostly women and children – have been killed at a crowded park in Pakistan in a suicide blast that also wounded more than 300 people, officials said.

A faction of the Pakistan Taliban, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, later claimed responsibility for the attack in the eastern city of Lahore and said that it was aimed at Christians.

The bodies of those killed continued to arrive at the city’s hospital morgues early on Monday, where friends and family looked for and registered loved ones still missing.

Lahore blast 1 — Rescue workers move a body from the site of the blast. [Mohsin Raza/Reuters]

lahore blast 3 — A bomb blast in a park in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore has killed at least 70 people and wounded more than 300. [K.M. Chuadary/AP Photo]

lahore blast 5 — A Pakistani mourns the death of his relative in a bomb blast, at a local hospital in Lahore. [K.M. Chuadary/AP Photo]

lahore blast 6 — A faction of the Pakistani Taliban, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, later claimed responsibility for the attack. [K.M. Chuadary/AP Photo]

lahore blast 7 — A woman injured in the bomb blast is comforted by a family member at a local hospital in Lahore. [K.M. Chuadary/AP Photo]

Lahore blast 2 — Family members mourn the death of a relative, who was killed in the blast. [Mohsin Raza/Reuters]

lahore blast 8 — Forensic officers look for evidence at the site of the bomb blast. [Mohsin Raza/Reuters]