The government on Saturday released photographs of 10 more foreign militants who were died fighting security forces during the Lal Masjid operation on July 10. “We have identified 10 more bodies of the foreigners who died fighting security forces. We are not sure about their nationality, but their faces clearly show that they are foreigners,” Interior Ministry spokesman Brigadier (r) Javed Iqbal Cheema told a press conference here. The Interior Ministry has already issued photographs of four foreign militants. The latest announcement brings the number of foreigners killed to 14.
Cheema said the security agencies had recovered 76 bodies from the mosque compound. He said 22 out of 76 bodies were charred. He said one of the charred bodies recovered from the house of Ghazi was most probably of the clericÂ’s mother. |