Lahore bomb: reports and comments
Easter Sunday: Dozens of Christian men, women and children slaughtered in Pakistan bomb blast, by Ruth Gledhill, Christian Today.
More than 65 people have been murdered and about 300 more injured in a bomb blast in a public park in Pakistan.
Most of the dead and injured are believed to be Christian women and children.
The blast took place a few yards from a packed children’s playground, in the car parking area of the Gulshan-e-Iqbal park in Lahore, Punjab province, where hundreds of Christian families had gathered to celebrate Easter. A Taliban group has claimed responsibility….
…Christians in Lahore have been targeted in previous attacks. In March last year, two bombs killed 15 and injured 70 at two churches in Youhanabad. There was also an attack in 2013 on a church in Peshawar.
See also:
Taliban promises more “devastating” attacks on Christians, Anthony Bushfield, Premier
Archbishop – “we need to reform aid to Pakistan”, from CEN
Church of Pakistan consoles nation where “every heart is broken”, by Gillian Oliver and Gavin Drake, Anglican Communion News Service
Lahore attacks are just the latest atrocity in the war on Christians, by John L. Allen Jr, Spectator
Bishop Michael Nazir- Ali interviewed on the Lahore massacre, from TitusOneNine
Beyond Condemnation: Archbishop of Canterbury writes for the Financial Times.
Help victims of Easter Day Lahore attack, Barnabas Fund
[Pakistan] Government bows to protester demands, Christian Solidarity Worldwide report
See also our earlier digest: “Is it genocide?”
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