Bollywood stars express grief over Lahore park blast
The blast claimed 72 lives so far while more than 300 were injured.
(Web Desk) – Famous Bollywood actors and actresses on Monday expressed harmony with Pakistan after a suicide attack in Lahore that claimed several lives.
At least 72 people were killed and hundreds injured, many of them children, when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded park in Lahore on Sunday evenng.
Explosives packed with ball bearings ripped through crowds near a Gulshan Iqbal Park’s play area, leaving dozens dead or bloodied.
Witnesses described children screaming as people carried the injured in their arms, while frantic relatives searched for loved ones.
"The bomber managed to enter the park and blew himself up near the kids’ playing area where kids were on the swings," top administration official Muhammad Usman stated.
Officials said the toll -- already the highest in an attack this year -- was expected to rise. A Lahore rescue official confirmed 72 people were dead, and said the number of injured stood at 340.
The prominent showbiz personalities took to the social networking website Twitter and criticised the "senseless violence" by trending #PrayForLahore and #LahoreAttack and #LahoreBlast.
Actress and Indian parliament member Kirron Kher stated that the terrorism follows no boundary. She said the killing of children and women in Lahore was shocking and deplorable. She also offered condolences with the frantic families.
Terrorism knows no boundaries.Killing of children and women is tragic nd heinous.My condolences 2 d bereaved families in Lahore
— Kirron Kher (@KirronKherBJP) March 28, 2016
Actress and producer Dia Mirza expressed great disappointment by saying that the smiles and innocence of little ones have wiped out due to the terror attack in Lahore.
Sickened. Saddened and gutted. Babies, little children, their innocence, their smiles their lives wiped out forever. #LahoreAttack
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) March 27, 2016
Esha Gupta who has recently started her career in Bollywood movies also raised hands in the solidarity with the sufferers, urging to revise the text books every year with a new history.
What has our world come to. We still living in a world of war.text books need to be revised every year with a new history.#PrayForLahore
— Esha Gupta (@eshagupta2811) March 27, 2016
Indian film director, actor and producer Shekhar Kapur emotionally asked about the crime of children who were enjoying on a swing before the blast.
A child
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) March 27, 2016
laughing
on a swing,
looked on
by an adoring mother
died,
their crime?
being in the wrong place
at the wrong time..#LahoreBlast
Actress Sonakshi Sinha bashed that attack, expressing sympathy with the bereaved families and the victims.
Anger, disgust...Whats the point of these senseless acts of violence? Condolences and prayers to the people of Pakistan! #PrayForLahore
— Sonakshi Sinha (@sonakshisinha) March 28, 2016
Renowned Actor Sidharth Malhotra said he was disheartened after hearing about the appalling terrorist act and extended his heartfelt commiseration to the people affected by the explosion.
My Thoughts and prayers to the families of #Lahore deeply upsetting and sad,Stop these Horrific senseless attacks !#PrayForLahore
— Sidharth Malhotra (@S1dharthM) March 28, 2016
