Bomb blast kills 65, injures 280 in Pakistan’s Lahore

A bomb explosion outside a park in the city of Lahore in northeastern Pakistan has killed at least 65 people and injured 280 others, mostly women and children, officials say.

“Many [of the injured] are in operation theaters now being treated and we fear that the death toll may climb considerably”, Salman Rafiq, a health adviser to the chief minister of Punjab province said.