An explosion in the Pakistani city of Lahore killed at least 70 and injured more than 341 on Easter Sunday. The explosion — determined to be a suicide bombing — was later claimed by Jamaat-e-Ahrar, a splinter group of the Pakistani Taliban.

The bomb went off in a neighborhood park, detonating near the swing sets, where Christian Pakistanis were celebrating Easter Sunday with their families, according to a March 27 New York Times article. The majority of the victims were women and children.

Jamaat-e-Ahrar spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said in a statement that the attack was intended to target Christians, who make up two percent of Pakistan’s population, amounting to about two million individuals.

The Pakistani Taliban, Tehrik-i-Taliban, has been active in the region since 2002, with more than 48 claimed and alleged attacks since its inception. This latest explosion marks the third in this month alone.

The number of religiously-focused attacks in Pakistan has risen in the last couple decades, and the timing and location of this terror attack are especially significant, given that the park is a local favorite for Easter celebrations, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Yet although the attack allegedly targeted Christians, the victims include a significant amount of Muslims, according to Al Jazeera.

An unnamed eyewitness on Pakistan’s Geo News channel described Sunday’s events as all happening very quickly, saying, “It was so loud that I felt a piercing pain in my ears,” according to The Wall Street Journal.

According to NBC, Pakistani officials claimed to have found the suicide bomber’s body. He appeared to be in his mid-to-late 20s and had been carrying more than 30 pounds of explosives.

The attack came just five days after terrorist attacks in Brussels, which have so far taken the lives of 35 individuals, wounding more than 300 others, according to a March 28 CNN article.

In the Brussels attacks, two explosions went off in the departure hall at Brussels Airport on Tuesday morning, killing 10, according to a March 22 New York Times article. Approximately an hour later, an explosion at the Maelbeek subway station killed another 20.

An Islamic State bulletin issued eight hours after the attacks claimed responsibility, calling Belgium “a country participating in the coalition against the Islamic State,” according to the Times’ article.

Belgian authorities released a photo of three individuals in the Brussels Airport taken shortly before the attacks, asking the public’s help in identifying the suspects, the New York Times reported in a March 22 article.

Two of the men pictured have been identified as suicide bombers, and authorities have detained and questioned more persons of interest in the following days.

—Abby Patkin