Seven people, including four journalists, were injured in a stampede on Sunday when a man entered the camp office of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Press Club and threatened to detonate the explosive he said he was carrying. Former employees of the Zarai Tarqiati Bank Limited (ZTBL), who were addressing a press conference at the time, as well all those present in the press club, panicked and rushed towards the exit upon hearing the warning. In the ensuing stampede, four journalists and three others were injured.
However, law enforcement officials deployed outside the camp office apprehended the would-be ‘suicide bomber’ and took him to the Aabpara Police Station. Aabpara Police Station House Officer (SHO) Safeer Bhatti later told journalists that the suspect had been identified as Aziz Hassan, a resident of Lower Dir, who was an assistant line officer with the Islamabad Electricity Supply Company (IESCO) at Bara Kahu. Bhatti claimed that Hassan was not of sound mind, but said that a case had been registered against him and an investigation was underway. |