{"id":71344,"date":"2016-03-27T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=71344"},"modified":"2016-03-27T14:36:54","modified_gmt":"2016-03-27T18:36:54","slug":"pakistan-explosion-leaves-56-dead-and-at-least-150-injured-outside-public-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/pakistan-explosion-leaves-56-dead-and-at-least-150-injured-outside-public-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Explosion Leaves 65 Dead And At Least 150 Injured Outside Public Park"},"content":{"rendered":"
At least 65\u00a0people have been killed and at least 150 injured in Lahore on Sunday after an explosion rocked through the parking area of a crowded park.<\/p>\n
Police have reported that it appeared to be a suicide bomb.<\/p>\n
No group has yet claimed responsibility for the blast.<\/p>\n
Many experts have speculated that Christian families that were out for the Easter celebrations may have been the target.<\/p>\n
Lahore is the capital of Punjab, Pakistan’s largest province.<\/p>\n
“At least 56 deaths have been confirmed, but the nature of the blast is not clear,” Mohammad Usman, the top administrative official in Lahore reported to AFP.<\/p>\n
Rescue officials confirmed\u00a0that the bodies of more than 50 deceased had been taken to hospitals around the city.<\/p>\n
All hospitals in the surrounding area have been put on emergency alert to tend to the injured.<\/p>\n
Pakistan\u00a0has long struggled with issues of Taliban insurgency, criminal gangs and violence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At least 65\u00a0people have been killed and at least 150 injured in Lahore on Sunday after an explosion rocked through the parking area of a crowded park. Police have reported that it appeared to be a suicide bomb. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the blast. Many experts have speculated that Christian families that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3507,"featured_media":71345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n