Suicide bombing kills at least 60 in Pakistan

UPDATE 11:46 AM: ISLAMABAD (AP) – Pakistani Taliban faction tells AP it’s responsible for an Easter bomb attack in a Lahore park that killed 60, wounded 300.

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(CNN) — A suicide blast in Pakistan’s southwestern city of Lahore has killed at least 50 people, a health official told CNN.

Some 200 others were injured, health adviser for Punjab province Khawaja Salman Rafique said.

Officials said the blast was from a suicide bomber, and happened at the city’s Gulshan Iqbal Park.

The explosion ripped through the heart of Lahore on Sunday evening, at a time when many families were at the park.

Pakistani Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif strongly condemned the blast, expressing grief for the victims.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the explosion.