ISLAMABAD, March 20 (Xinhua) — At least 69 people including a large number of women and kids were killed and over 300 others injured when a suicide bomber hit a public park in Pakistan's east Lahore city on Sunday evening, officials said.

Deputy Coordination Officer Lahore, Captain Usman, said that the killed people included 23 kids whereas 56 injured children were shifted to various hospitals of the city.

Haider Ashraf, the Deputy Inspector General Police, said that the suicide bomber blew himself up in the parking stand near the gate of the Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park in the Lahore city, the capital of the country's east Punjab province.

He said that the stand was located near the kids' swing area and ticket booth and the bomber chose it to explode himself for targeting a large number of people in which he succeeded.

He said that the park was crowded than usual due to Sunday's holiday and a number minority Christian people was also visiting it to celebrate the Easter festival, when the blast happened.

A Pakistan Taliban splinter group claimed responsibility for the deadly suicide attack in Lahore that killed over 60 people and injured over 300 on Sunday.

"We claim responsibility for the attack on the Christians as they were celebrating their religious festival," spokesman for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Jamaat ul Ahrar, Eshansullah Ehsan said.

A wounded middle-aged woman was seen running towards the ambulance carrying a badly injured small girl in her arms, asking rescue teams to sift the kid to the hospital.

"She is my granddaughter, I came to park with her father and mother, but I lost them in the explosion, I don't know whether I will be able to see my son and daughter-in-law again or not," the woman said.

After the explosion there was pool of blood at the blast site and people, mostly women and kids rushing out of the park with blood dribbling from their forehead and limbs.

A cell phone with broken screen was found at the site where the incoming call showed "Mother", but its owner was nowhere to answer it.

Police took the phone into custody and informed the worried mother about the situation.