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| Pakistan: Lashkar-e-Jhangvi suspect in embassy bombing |
| 2008-06-03 |
| (AKI - By Syed Saleem Shahzad -) Pakistani authorities believe a pro al-Qaeda group may be responsible for the Danish Embassy blast that killed at least six people and injured more than 30 in Islamabad on Monday. Initial reports from Pakistani intelligence agencies suggest Laskar-i-Jhangvi, a banned organisation that supports al-Qaeda, may be linked to the bombing, even thought it's not directly affiliated with the militant group. There is no evidence of any direct involvement of al-Qaeda or the tribal warlord Baitullah Mehsud in the car bomb blast, a senior security official told Adnkronos International (AKI) on condition of anonymity. A huge car bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in the Pakistani capital destroying parts of the building and several cars. The blast echoed through Islamabad and left a crater more than a metre deep and three metres wide in the road in front of the main gate to the embassy. "All recent incidents done by al-Qaeda were perfect including (former prime minister) Bhutto's assassination and the killing of a general in Rawalpindi. Monday's incident was naive," the senior security official told AKI. According to eyewitnesses a car with a diplomatic number plate entered the high security zone where many diplomatic buildings are situated including the Dutch Embassy and the office of the United Nations' Development Programme. The driver is believed to have parked the car on the road near the embassy and fled from the area where the bomb exploded. Police are now trying to trace the chassis number of the vehicle to track the origins of the car which was registered to a local resident. Security sources say that the car could have been stolen and then used for this latest terrorist act. |
| Posted by:Fred |