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Mansehra man behind Nishtar park blast |
2007-06-16 |
The Sindh home department announced on Friday the identity of the suicide-bomber who blew himself up at Nishtar Park last year as Siddique from Mansehra, a press statement said. The statement said six members of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ) were involved in the incident, and police had arrested three of them – Mufti Zakir, Jamil and Rehmat. It said that all LJ members, who hailed from the NWFP, gathered in Orangi Town at Rehmat’s residence on 11 Rabiul Awal, a day before the blast, where Siddique had offered two rakat nafil prayers, before setting out for the attack. Two men identified Sultan and Khalid took Siddique to Nishtar Park, offered prayers there and left him after the attack. The home department said that Siddique attempted to jump on to the stage of the Sunni Tehreek’s public meeting and blew himself up. The blast killed around 60 people, including the entire leadership of the Sunni Tehreek (ST) and other Sunni leaders, who belonged to the Barelvi school of thought. |
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