Lahore Attack

JimmyV
JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,605
edited March 2016 in A Moving Train
This is beyond horrifying. More than 50 dead, mostly women and kids, targeted in a public park on a Sunday evening. Unreal.

LAHORE, Pakistan — A suicide bomber killed at least 52 people, mostly women and children, at a public park in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday, government officials and police said, striking at the heart of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's political base of Punjab.

The blast occurred in the parking area of Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, a few feet away from children's swings. Around 150 people were injured in the explosion, officials said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast. Pakistan, a nuclear-armed nation of 190 million people, is plagued by a Taliban insurgency, criminal gangs and sectarian violence. Punjab is its biggest and wealthiest province.

Eyewitnesses said they saw body parts strewn across the parking lot once the dust had settled after the blast.

The park had been particularly busy on Sunday evening due to the Easter holiday weekend.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/suicide-bomber-kills-least-52-mostly-women-kids-pakistan-park-n546231
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Jeez, what a tragedy.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Jeez, what a tragedy.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    No end in sight.
    "My brain's a good brain!"
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,605
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,459
    "wait,

    where was obama when this happened?

    was he out of the country doing diplomacy again?

    shame on him.

    even if he was at the white house, shame on him for letting this happen..."

    typical canned gop response. you read it here first.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • Annafalk
    Annafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    Horrible, hard to find the words. So much evil in this world.
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    How come no one has posted who they think is responsible yet?
    Are you waiting for the press to report it before discussing it?
    Targeted christians during the holiday at a park - it has ispiss written all over it.
    I give it by the end of the day for it to be reported that ispiss lay claim.
  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,036
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    How come no one has posted who they think is responsible yet?
    Are you waiting for the press to report it before discussing it?
    Targeted christians during the holiday at a park - it has ispiss written all over it.
    I give it by the end of the day for it to be reported that ispiss lay claim.

    Could be Isis, could be taliban given the recent violence and unrest in Pakistan. Don't see how it makes a difference which it is.
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    Cliffy6745 said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    How come no one has posted who they think is responsible yet?
    Are you waiting for the press to report it before discussing it?
    Targeted christians during the holiday at a park - it has ispiss written all over it.
    I give it by the end of the day for it to be reported that ispiss lay claim.

    Could be Isis, could be taliban given the recent violence and unrest in Pakistan. Don't see how it makes a difference which it is.
    No difference.
    Just wondering why a tragedy of this scale that is clearly made to make a statement is not claimed yet.
  • Annafalk
    Annafalk Sweden Posts: 4,004
    edited March 2016
    It's tereek-e-taliban Pakistan or something like that extremist murder filth
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    Annafalk said:

    It's tereek-e-taliban Pakistan or something like that extremist murder filth

    Same shit different pile.
    You're right though http://www.torontosun.com/2016/03/27/taliban-says-it-targeted-christians-in-easter-suicide-bombing-pakistan
  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,621
    Annafalk said:

    Horrible, hard to find the words. So much evil in this world.

    With over 7 billion people on the planet, there's more good than bad. Unfortunately, a small number of people can have a big impact. There's always more light than darkness.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,676
    Go Beavers said:

    Annafalk said:

    Horrible, hard to find the words. So much evil in this world.

    With over 7 billion people on the planet, there's more good than bad. Unfortunately, a small number of people can have a big impact. There's always more light than darkness.
    Well said, GB!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,605
    The link I posted in the OP keeps getting updated. Death toll now at 72.

    A splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban — Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Jamaatul Ahrar (TTP-JA) — claimed responsibility for the attack.

    "Members of the Christian community who were celebrating Easter today were our prime target," TTP-JA spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told NBC News from an undisclosed location while using an Afghan cell number.

    He added: "We didn't want to kill women and children. Our targets were male members of the Christian community."

    Speaking at the mortuary, rescue worker Pervez Nazir told NBC News that the dead included 36 children. Only 10 were Christian, with the other 26 Muslims.
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,635
    Has any major news outlets covered this story?
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    All of them are covering this.To big of a death toll to ignore.

    Many women and little kids blown apart.Tragic.
    Westerners weren't even the target from what I understand.
    These sick fucks.What is their hard on for little kids and defenseless victims?They must feel like real men today.unreal.Allah must be sooooo proud!
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    Ah,they were going after Christians at an Easter service.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,676
    rr165892 said:

    All of them are covering this.To big of a death toll to ignore.

    Many women and little kids blown apart.Tragic.
    Westerners weren't even the target from what I understand.
    These sick fucks.What is their hard on for little kids and defenseless victims?They must feel like real men today.unreal.Allah must be sooooo proud!

    These deaths were tragic and horrible for sure. But we would do well to remember that it goes both ways. Many have been killed in the name of the Christian god. Fanatic followers of religions of most types are responsible for millions upon millions upon millions of deaths.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Thirty Bills Unpaid
    Thirty Bills Unpaid Posts: 16,881
    brianlux said:

    rr165892 said:

    All of them are covering this.To big of a death toll to ignore.

    Many women and little kids blown apart.Tragic.
    Westerners weren't even the target from what I understand.
    These sick fucks.What is their hard on for little kids and defenseless victims?They must feel like real men today.unreal.Allah must be sooooo proud!

    These deaths were tragic and horrible for sure. But we would do well to remember that it goes both ways. Many have been killed in the name of the Christian god. Fanatic followers of religions of most types are responsible for millions upon millions upon millions of deaths.
    Really?

    Can you cite the last Christian attack on innocent Muslims that comes even remotely close to this?
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,676
    Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

    brianlux said:

    rr165892 said:

    All of them are covering this.To big of a death toll to ignore.

    Many women and little kids blown apart.Tragic.
    Westerners weren't even the target from what I understand.
    These sick fucks.What is their hard on for little kids and defenseless victims?They must feel like real men today.unreal.Allah must be sooooo proud!

    These deaths were tragic and horrible for sure. But we would do well to remember that it goes both ways. Many have been killed in the name of the Christian god. Fanatic followers of religions of most types are responsible for millions upon millions upon millions of deaths.
    Really?

    Can you cite the last Christian attack on innocent Muslims that comes even remotely close to this?
    No, I'm talking about how religious people of all sorts have killed millions in the name of their make believe gods. Christians have done that. But let's remember, not all Muslims are ISIS, not all Christians are Westboro Baptists.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

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