EASTER MASSACRE! At Least 53 DEAD After Suicide Bomber Targets Christians Celebrating Easter in Lahore Park

At least 53 people were killed and several injured after Islamists bombed Christians at Gulshan Iqbal Park in Pakistan.

The Christians were celebrating Easter.

Latest update: At least 53 dead after explosion in Lahore's Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park https://t.co/yRB5BWi9T8 pic.twitter.com/JGCmku0qld — Dawn.com (@dawn_com) March 27, 2016

At least 50 are dead—

Prayers for the people

of #Pakistan! 50+ dead

in a suicide attack in #

Lahore's Gulshan Iqbal

Park#LahoreBlast — Khalil Mandhro (@Khalil_Mandhro) March 27, 2016

Bomb kills three people, injures several more during #Easter celebration at a park in Lahore, Pakistan: local media. https://t.co/qStN6hMjoD — Steven Porter (@reporterporter) March 27, 2016

Dawn reported:

An explosion occurred in Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park of Iqbal Town on Sunday evening, killing at least 53 people and injuring over a 100, police said. Iqbal Town Superintendent of Police Dr Muhammad Iqbal said the explosion was a suicide attack. Eye witnesses said there were pools of blood and scattered body parts in the park, where a large number of families, especially women and children, were present on a Sunday evening. Rescue officials and police rushed to the explosion site in a renowned residential area, where at least 20 people are reportedly injured.

2 dead, 15 injured as an explosion takes place in Gulshan Iqbal Park of Lahore. pic.twitter.com/xmvjnr6RR4 — Dunya News (@DunyaNews) March 27, 2016

Here is a report from Pakistan.

This is how Gulshan e Iqbal park looks like on a usual Sunday. Plus it's Easter today. #LahoreBlast # pic.twitter.com/D7tK99QvyM — Ghouri (@Musabghouri) March 27, 2016