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Peshawar police diffuse explosive vest of young suicide attacker
 [Dawn] The Beautiful Downtown Peshawar...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. police has foiled a massive terrorist act on Tuesday when it jugged ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... a thirteen year old boy along with his operator and the bomb-disposal squad successfully diffused an explosive vest strapped around the teenager, reportedly trying to explode it at a fuel station, DawnNews reported. According to initial reports, the young boy of around 13 years of age, tried to detonate a boom jacket strapped around him at a fuel station in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... capital. Our correspondent Zahir Shah Sherazi added the jacket wallah is recognised as Bilal who belongs to Bar Qambarkhel area of Bara while his operator Jehangir, in his 20s, is stated to be a resident of Momin Town on Dalazak Road, Peshawar. The bomb-disposal squad successfully removed the vest and the police took the boy and the operator to an unknown location for further investigation. The boy said that he was forced to carry out the attack. Posted by: Fred 2012-11-21 |
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