A suspected suicide bomber was killed as four bombs carried by him exploded at a Forces Barrack of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Ashkona in the city on Friday noon.Mufti Mahmud Khan, director of legal and media wing of Rab headquarters, said an unidentified young man entered the barrack, also the proposed site of the elite force’s headquarters, climbing the wall of adjacent Hajj camp around 1:05pm.
When two Rab members saw the unidentified young man, they challenged him. The young man started running away and at one stage, four bombs, attached to his body, went off with a big bang, leaving him dead on the spot
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| Where he was still dead hours later... |
The OC also said the unidentified young man went to the main gate of the headquarters, saying he would perform ablution. “The Rab members challenged him for his suspicious movement. The bombs went off while he was running away,” he added.
A Detective Branch official said the youth, draped in black pants, was carrying five bombs in a bag with him. “Four of the bombs exploded while he was fleeing and a live bomb was recovered from the spot,” he said.