15 killed, 80 injured in twin blasts in Lahore’s Christian locality; two suspects lynched

Fifteen people were killed and nearly 80 more injured when two powerful blasts, believed to have been triggered by Taliban suicide bombers, ripped through a Christian neighbourhood in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday. The explosions also triggered violence in the area.

The Jamaat-al-Ahrar, a faction of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility for the attack that targeted the Roman Catholic Church and Christ Church in Youhanabad area at about 11.30am.