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2016-01-21 India-Pakistan

Breakthroughs made in identifying Bacha Khan University attackers: DG ISPR

[DAWN] ter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lt Gen Asim Bajwa on Wednesday said major breakthroughs had been made in identifying the gunnies who attacked the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda earlier in the day.

The ISPR chief said the terrorists' phone calls had been traced and analysed, and that two cell phones had also been recovered from them.

"When army reached the premises, all four attackers were alive. They were contained in the hostel and were eventually eliminated on the roof and the stairs," informed the ISPR chief. They had a lot of ammo, including grenades, he added.

"Their call logs were analysed and an intelligence picture was established, with most data having been collected," said Lt Gen Bajwa.

Bajwa also said forensics and fingerprints of the attackers had been shared with the National Database Registration Authority (Nadra), adding that "an intelligence picture is also being created with input from Nadra."

"We have gathered almost all relevant data on who they (attackers) were, from where they came and who supported them."

But the ISPR chief said the information is "sensitive" and is being "processed and updated," which will be shared with the public later.

"We cleared the sanctuaries of gunnies after which certain people crossed the border towards Afghanistan and are operating from there. That aspect is also under investigation," he maintained.

Bajwa said gunnies were getting instructions from outside and were receiving calls.

"They (terrorists) are targeting symbols of progress. We are fighting a war against faceless bastards (terrorists)."

The ISPR chief said, "As long as the controllers and financiers of gunnies are present, they can carry out an attack at any place and time. What matters is how we respond to this as a nation."

Intelligence-based operations (IBOs) are being carried out to hunt down the controllers of the gunnies involved in Charsadda attack, he said.

Earlier in the day, unidentified gunnies entered Bacha Khan University in Khyber Pakhtunkha's Charsadda town and opened fire on students and faculty members as they gathered for a poetry recital to commemorate the death anniversary of the activist and leader Bacha Khan.

The criminal mastermind of the APS Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
attack, Umar Mansoor, of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) Geedar group has claimed the attack through a post on his Facebook page, adding that four attackers were sent to the university.

However,
ars longa, vita brevis...
a spokesperson from the TTP, Mohammad Khorasani, issued a conflicting statement shortly after Mansoor's claim, in which Khorasani condemned the attack, terming it "against Shariah".

Khorasani also warned that those "using the naming of TTP will be brought to justice".

Meanwhile,
...back at the barn, a little lightbulb figuratively appeared over Bossy's head...
Nadra completed its report regarding terrorists' identification through finger prints and presented it to the interior minister, read a statement.

The report said that two out of the four attackers were less than 18 years of age. The interior ministry then directed Nadra to share the findings with intelligence agencies.

Posted by Fred 2016-01-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1 Controllers and financiers of the terrorists. And who might these be?

"Seal team six to the white courtesy phone."

Posted by Sven the pelter 2016-01-21 10:55|| 2016-01-21 10:55|| Front Page Top

#2 The ISPR chief said the terrorists' phone calls had been traced and analysed, and that two cell phones had also been recovered from them.

"We identified the phone numbers as ISI internal numbers"

Posted by Frank G 2016-01-21 12:41|| 2016-01-21 12:41|| Front Page Top

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