Most of the dead and injured are women and children

This hour it’s the turn of Lahore, Pakistan. The BBC reports:

An explosion in the Pakistani city of Lahore has killed at least 50 people and injured dozens more, officials say.

The blast was in a large park in the south-west of the city, where many people had gathered late on Sunday.

The Beeb’s reporter Shaimaa Khalil says speculation is the target was Christians out for the Easter weekend.

Most of the dead and injured are women and children, a senior local police officer told Reuters news agency.

One eyewitness said there was chaos, with a stampede breaking out and children separated from their parents in the rush to escape.

Another told local media of pools of blood and scattered body parts in the park.

Most of the dead and injured are women and children.

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