No Place for Other Faiths

Mar 28, 2016, at 10:30 pm

On early reports, at least 72 people have been killed and more than 300 injured in a suicide blast inside the Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park in the Iqbal Town area of Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab Province, on March 27, 2016. Lahore's District Coordination Officer Muhammad Usman stated, "The bomber managed to enter the park and blew himself up near the kids' playing area where kids were on the swings". Significantly, a large number of people, mostly Christians were present in the park, celebrating Easter [Christendom's holiest day].