Re: Taliban, al-Qaeda disown blast
Dawn’s article today produces two pieces of evidence that religious exptremists were behind this, but also says that it was not a suicide bombing.
*A senior intelligence official blamed terrorists based in Darra Adamkhel for the attack. ‘We intercepted a call last week in which militants were talking about a ‘heart-rending’ attack in Peshawar,’ he said.
A representative of the shopkeepers’ association said threats had been received in recent days with militants demanding that women be forbidden from going to the market.
The blast took place in two narrow lanes between Meena Bazaar and Kochi Bazaar frequented by women.
He said that an initial investigation suggested that explosives had been detonated by remote control. The blast caused massive losses because it had taken place in a narrow and busy market, he added.*
DAWN.COM | Metropolitan | Death toll from Peshawar blast rises to 104