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A breakaway Pakistani faction of the militant Taliban group has claimed responsibility for an Easter Sunday bombing in a children's park in the eastern city of Lahore that killed dozens.
Ahsanullah Ahsan, spokesman for Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, told the Associated Press that a suicide bomber with the faction deliberately targeted the Christian community.
The explosion took place near the children's rides in Gulshan-e-Iqbal park — which was crowded with Christians celebrating Easter —local police chief Haider Ashraf said. He said the explosion appeared to have been a suicide bombing, but investigations were ongoing.
The explosion killed at least 65 people and wounded over 300, said Deeba Shahnaz, a spokesman for Lahore rescue administration.
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