Pakistani Taliban faction claims Easter park bombing

March 28, 2016 08:33

A breakaway Pakistani faction of the militant Taliban group called the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar claimed responsibility for the blast, which killed 65 people in a park in the eastern city of Lahore that was crowded with Christians, including many children.

Ahsanullah Ahsan, spokesman for Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, said that a suicide bomber with the faction deliberately targeted the Christian community. The group has claimed responsibility for several attacks after it split with the main Pakistani Taliban in 2014. It declared allegiance to the Islamic State but later said it was rejoining the Taliban insurgency.

Meanwhile, Punjab's chief minister Shahbaz Sharif announced three days of mourning and pledged to bring the perpetrators to justice, said Zaeem Qadri, a spokesman for the provincial government.

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