A policeman injured in MondayÂ’s suicide bombing in DI Khan has said the attacker spoke Pushto, had a fair complexion and was wearing a black shawl. Muhammad Siddiq, who led the police party, said that 10 minutes before a Muharram procession was scheduled to begin, he saw a 16 or 17 year old boy running towards Topanwala Chowk. Constable Abdul Halim asked the bomber to stop so that he could be searched, he said, but the boy refused to remove his shawl. When Halim tried to remove it himself, the boy blew himself up, said Siddiq, who has been admitted to DI Khan Headquarters Hospital. Nasir, a passer by, also died in the attack. ASP Captain Hamad told Daily Times that police had begun an investigation and sent the suicide bomberÂ’s legs to Islamabad for a DNA test.
He said DI Khan police arrested six suspects (including Amirullah, Bashir, Mohammad Jan, Ateeq and Abdullah) with the help of law-enforcement agencies on Monday, and seized explosives belts, weapons, mobile phones and hand grenades. The suspects, he said, had been shifted to Islamabad for interrogation. Frontier Police Additional IG Fayyaz Toro has said significant progress had been made in the investigations of SaturdayÂ’s Peshawar bombing, adding that the culprits would be arrested soon.
Police sources said several suspects had been arrested and were being interrogated. They did not identify the suspects. Security agencies have seized two grenades and a detonator during a search of the bombing site. Peshawar Police Chief Abdul Majeed Marwat said the explosives used in the blast weighed two to two-and-a-half kilogrammes and the attacker also had two hand bombs.