LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab, Mian Shahbaz Sharif, has been briefed on the initial investigation report of the Tuesday’s bomb blast at a police check-post in Lahore on Thursday.
According to the report the suicide bomber belonged to Waziristan and his target was the chehlum processions. He carried explosives in his bag and his jacket which were detonated by a remote control device.
The Lahore police have arrested more than a dozen suspects in the city, after Tuesday’s bomb blast at a police checkpost. The arrested people include two Afghan citizens Shabbar Gul and Hazori Khan.
According to an earlier report by the Express Tribune, the two accomplices of the suicide attacker, who carried out an attack near the Urdu Bazaar Chowk on Tuesday, succeeded in fleeing after the blast. The First Information Report (FIR) registered in regards to the incident was notified at the New Anarkali police station.
According to FIR No 48/11, registered under various sections of the Anti Terrorism Act and the Explosive Substances Act, three unidentified attackers had come to the area. One of them was the bomber while the other two had been monitoring him. After the explosives the 13-year-old attacker had on him exploded, the accomplices fled the scene.
New Anarkali SHO, Adnan Masood, told The Express Tribune that the police were also considering the possibility that the accomplices detonated the explosives on the carrier with a remote control when they saw him in an ‘effective’ range.
Eleven people were killed and 80 injured in the blast. Many people injured in the explosion are still under treatment at Mayo Hospital Lahore.
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