The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) denied involvement in the Matani blast and blamed that the intelligence agencies were killing civilians to please the US administration.
Talking to INP, TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said that Matanai attack in which around 11 civilians were killed including children was not the work of TTP fighters. He blamed the intelligence agencies.
Ehsan said that to defame TTP and to make the US administration happy, the intelligence agencies conduct bombing at public places.
“The US agents are responsible for the car bombing at Matani and killing of civilians including children,” Ehsan blamed. He said that TTP fighters only target places like Mehran base and Kamra Air base which are not public places.
He blamed the intelligence agencies for the previous bombing at public places in various parts of the country.
The TTP spokesman said that if the Taliban fighters wanted to target someone they will hit their target at deserted areas to avoid death of innocent people.
On Friday, up to eleven people were killed and 19 others including three children sustained injuries when a car bomb ripped through near a mosque in Atlas Market Matani, near Peshawar. Six of the injured were in critical condition in the hospital, a police official explained.
