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Pakistan’s prime minister on Monday vowed to eliminate perpetrators of terror attacks such as the massive suicide bombing that targeted Christians gathered for Easter the previous day in the eastern city of Lahore, killing 70 people.

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Women try to comfort a mother who lost her son in the bomb attack in Lahore, Pakistan.K.M. Chaudary/The Associated Press

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People prepare to burry the body of a Christian man killed in the bomb attack in Lahore, Pakistan.B.K. Bangash/The Associated Press

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Pakistani Christians mourn as they attend a funeral for a blast victim of the suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan.Arif Ali/AFP / Getty Images

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Pakistani Christians mourn the death of a blast victim of the suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan.Arif Ali/AFP / Getty Images

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Pakistani relatives mourn over the body of a victim during a funeral following an overnight suicide bombing in Lahore, Pakistan.Arif Ali/AFP / Getty Images

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Members of a civil society group light candles during a vigil for the victims of Sunday's suicide bombing in Karachi, Pakistan.Shakil Adil/The Associated Press

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Pakistani Christians mourn the death of Sharmoonin, who was killed from a bombing attack in Lahore, Pakistan.K.M. Chaudary/The Associated Press

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Affafa, who lost her parents and a sister in the bombing, with another sister and brother badly injured, sits in a room in Lahore, Pakista.B.K. Bangash/The Associated Press

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Eric John, bottom, who survived Sunday's attack, cries during the funeral of his cousin killed in Lahore, Pakistan.K.M. Chaudary/The Associated Press

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A Pakistani Christian family mourn the death of a family member who was killed in a bombing attack, in Lahore, Pakistan.K.M. Chaudary/The Associated Press

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