i'm darra brown. we begin in pakistan. it happened at a crowded children's park in the eastern city of lahore. the death toll has risen on at least 72 killed, most of them women and children and more than 320 injured, many of them still in critical condition. this morning funerals are already being held for some of the young victims of yesterday's attack. we have more. >> reporter: the bomb went off near the children's ride in a park crowded with christians celebrating the easter holiday. in the aftermath, scenes of chaos. people tending to dead and injured. relatives looks for missing loved ones, women and children standing on blooding grounds. the scene at the hospital also chaotic. one after another the wounded many of them women and children carried in. the health officials saying many were in critical condition. the breakaway fax of the taliban in pakistan said they were behind the attack. a spokesman telling nbc news the christian community celebrating easter was the, quote, prime target. >> we are really, really sad