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| October 18 blasts were suicide bombings: police |
| 2007-11-21 |
| Chief of police Azhar Ali Farooqui has confirmed that the twin explosions that took place on October 18 were suicide bombings and two bombers had attacked the convoy of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto. “The investigation team is very close to reaching a conclusion but I cannot yet disclose anything to the media regarding the involvement of Qari Zafar or any other militant group,” Farooqui told Daily Times. Responding to a question on reports that explosive material was attached to the body of a small child and went off inside a police mobile unit, Farooqui said that everyone had their own interpretation but they had not found anything in their investigations to substantiate these reports. The PPP leadership has refused, however, to accept the statement and the investigations by the police. “We cannot trust the police investigation because they did not preserve the crime scene, they lodged an FIR without consulting the PPP leadership and did not use any international support or call any foreign expert,” PPP leader Nisar Khuhro said to Daily Times. He alleged that the police had not sincerely worked on the case which is why the party demanded that they provide proof if these bombings were, indeed, suicide attacks. “We will only say something when the police and the government answer our questions.” Meanwhile, sources told Daily Times that several people had been taken into custody. The (alleged) involvement of inmates Mullah Sultan and Khalid had been confirmed, sources said, but that of groups such as Qari Zafar and Mufti Ilyas, which have previously been involved in incidents such as Nishtar Park and the killing of Shia cleric Allama Hassan Turabi, has yet to be confirmed. Sources said that investigators had mainly focused on three groups of militants – Amjad Farooqui, Mufti Zakir, and Sultan and Akram alias Lahori – and have been interrogating them. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Madame Corruption would take an even harsher turn against the terrorists. Her bleeting about "freedom" was only politics. She wants her hand back in the curry jar. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-11-21 06:20 |