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People are sharing this message of defiance in the wake of the Lahore blast

A terror attack outside a public park in the Pakistan city of Lahore has claimed the lives of at least 70 people, and injured another 300 .

Taliban splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahra has claimed responsibility for blast, with spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan saying:

The target was Christians.

We want to send this message to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that we have entered Lahore.

Picture: ARIF ALI/AFP/Getty Images

Picture: ARIF ALI/AFP/Getty Images

However, in the wake of these attacks, hundreds of people - Muslims and Christians alike, have flocked to the hospitals to donate blood.

One message in particular has struck a chord on social media, with thousands sharing this embodiment of defiance.

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