Pakistan bombing: Suspects, arms seized after attack on Christians kills 72

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Source: CNN


Lahore, Pakistan (CNN) — Security forces, hunting for suspects in the deadly Easter Sunday bombing targeting Christians in a Lahore park, raided locations in three cities overnight and arrested suspected terrorists, a military spokesman said Monday on Twitter.

No details were given on who had been arrested or what role -- if any -- they may have played in the bombing, which killed at least 72 people and injured 341 others, Punjab province Chief Secretary Khizer Hyat said Monday.



Twenty-four children were among the dead, according to Punjab province police.

A splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban, Jamat-ul-Ahrar, claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it had targeted Christians. The group vowed more such attacks.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/28/asia/pakistan-bombing-lahore/index.html

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1. That was awfully quick

You'd almost think that Pakistani intelligence already knew who these people were and where to find them but chose not to do so until they crossed a line and generated too much bad publicity.