CNN: Pakistan bombing: Suspects, arms seized after attack on Christians kills 69
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 69 people, a local government spokesman told CNN. Twenty-four children were among the dead, according to Punjab province police.
The blast injured more than 341 others, Punjab government spokesman Jehangir Awan said.
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