CCTV shows suicide bomber entering Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine
Police have revealed that the attacker was a foreigner.
SEHWAN (Dunya News) – In a major development during probe into Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine attack, a new CCTV footage released on Sunday showed alleged suicide bomber entering the shrine.
The video shows a nervous suspect first stands in queue but suddenly moves away from the scene after finding a policeman at the gate. He again appears walking alongside devotees and manages to sneak into shrine without going through body search.
Inspector General of Sindh Police, AD Khawaja said that he is 99 percent sure that the suspicious man detected in the video was a suicide bomber however his name could not be confirmed yet.
Police have revealed that the attacker was a foreigner.
During crackdown in Tehsil Johi of Dadu district, police have claimed arrest of terrorist’s two facilitators. One of them has been identified as Munir Jamali.
Picture of Munir Jamali
Surprisingly, both suspects are members of Dadu District Council on Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) tickets.
88 DEAD IN SHRINE BLAST
The death toll of Thursday’s suicide blast at Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine increased to 88 on Friday.
The Sindh Ministry of Heath said 343 people were also injured in the explosion, adding that 76 critically wounded victims are under treatment in different hospitals at Sehwan, Dadu, Larkana, Nawabshah, Jamshoro, Karachi and Hyderabad districts while the slightly injured people were discharged after initial treatment.
The Inter-Services Public Relations, the media wing of Pakistan Army, said in a statement that the terrorist activities are being carried out on the directions of hostile powers and from sanctuaries in Afghanistan.
The army also closed Pakistan-Afghanistan border due to security reasons.
The military summoned Afghan embassy officials to the army general headquarters on Friday morning and handed them a list of 76 terrorists hiding in Afghanistan.
Rasool Bux, Senior House Officer (SHO) Police, said the suicide bomber entered the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine from crowded golden gate and blew himself up in a group of people performing Dhamal (Sufi dance) inside a compound in Sehwan, a small town 284 km from the provincial capital of Karachi.
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Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Raja Umar Khitab, head of the investigation team, said the bomber was carrying an estimated 7 kg of explosives in his vest.
The government of Sindh announced a three-day mourning on Friday over the incident and the national flag will fly on half-mast during the mourning days.
Army and police launched a crackdown against militants across the country, following the attack.
In separate operations in all the four provinces and tribal area of the country, more than 100 militants including commanders were killed.
Extra contingent of police have been deployed at the sensitive places across the country to avoid any untoward situation.
