The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Jamaatul Ahrar has released details of a man they claim carried out a deadly suicide bombing at the Indo-Pak border crossing at Wagah last week.
A spokesman for the militant group, Ehsanullah Ehsan, said on Thursday that 25-year-old Hanifullah alias Hamza carried out the attack that killed 60 people returning from the ‘flag-lowering’ ceremony at the Wagah border gate, a display of military pageantry which attracts thousands of spectators and tourists every day.
The militants also released a photo of the alleged bomber.
Sources said that Hanifullah belonged to a bordering town in Mohmand tribal agency.
Ehsan claimed that the banned outfit will also release a video of the attack, which they claimed to have carried out in retaliation to a military operation against Taliban militants and tribesmen in the remote FATA region bordering Afghanistan.
The devastating attack at the entrance of the Wagah border parade venue killed 60 people, including 10 women and seven children, and left more than 110 injured.
The young suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the parade complex soon after the completion of the flag-lowering ceremony last Sunday. Three officers of the Punjab Rangers and seven members of a family were among the dead, in the explosion which was so loud that the bang was heard some 10 kilometres from the border.
Officials and witnesses said the damage could have been greater if the attacker had managed to penetrate into the main ceremony area.
The ceremony draws large crowds daily, but the numbers soar on weekends where, according to estimates by Rangers, up to 8,000 people are present to witness the flag-lowering.
The Rangers should have a video recording of the scene if CCTV cameras were installed. Given the security concerns this whole area in the vicinity of Wagah Border crossing should have been monitored through 24/7 surveillance cameras to keep a check on movement and also prevent smuggling of arms from across the border apart from other banned items.
No Security can ever be watertight. If someone is hellbent to do something dasterdly ,he or she will succeed. Neither suicide bombers nor their backers should be given publicity.
some one please tell this bastrad to Read this Quran also which he has placed in front of him. Bloody Fucker. U must be shot in hear thrice.
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