Lahore Attack

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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Jeez, what a tragedy.Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0
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Jeez, what a tragedy.Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0
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No end in sight."My brain's a good brain!"0
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"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."0 -
Horrible, hard to find the words. So much evil in this world.0
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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.0 -
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 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.
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No difference.Cliffy6745 said:
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 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.
Just wondering why a tragedy of this scale that is clearly made to make a statement is not claimed yet.0 -
It's tereek-e-taliban Pakistan or something like that extremist murder filthPost edited by Annafalk on0
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Same shit different pile.Annafalk said:It's tereek-e-taliban Pakistan or something like that extremist murder filth
You're right though http://www.torontosun.com/2016/03/27/taliban-says-it-targeted-christians-in-easter-suicide-bombing-pakistan
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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.Annafalk said:Horrible, hard to find the words. So much evil in this world.
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Well said, GB!Go Beavers said:
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.Annafalk said:Horrible, hard to find the words. So much evil in this world.
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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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Has any major news outlets covered this story?0
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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!0 -
Ah,they were going after Christians at an Easter service.0
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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.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!"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
Really?brianlux said:
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.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!
Can you cite the last Christian attack on innocent Muslims that comes even remotely close to this?"My brain's a good brain!"0 -
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.Thirty Bills Unpaid said:
Really?brianlux said:
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.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!
Can you cite the last Christian attack on innocent Muslims that comes even remotely close to this?"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0
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