Banned outfit claimed responsibility for Jacobabad tragedy: Home Minister Sindh
Suhail Anwar Siyal says Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for Jacobabad suicide attack
KARACHI: (Dunya News) – Home Minister Sindh Suhail Anwar Siyal on Saturday said that banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) has claimed the responsibility of Jacobabad suicide attack, reported Dunya News.
Home Minister Sindh said that the terrorist was able to carry out his mission as there was no light in the area. The investigations have sped up and the details of the suicide bomber are being collected.
Condemning the incident, Suhail Anwar Siyal held load shedding responsible for the attack, saying that the suicide bomber got the chance to carry out the attack in dark.
Siyal said that the responsibility of the attack has been claimed by LeJ. He said that the suicide attack is still being investigated and any laxity, if found, will be duly punished.
Earlier: Jacobabad tragedy: Sit-in called off after assurance to accept demands
After holding talks with CM Sindh, Shia Ulema Council decided to call off the sit-in after which Shia Ulema Council leader Allama Maqsood led the funeral prayers of the martyrs. Qaim Ali Shah also talked to the media on this occasion and said that the Jacobabad suicide attack is being investigated. He added that action will be taken against the police officials if found guilty.
“We are trying to send the case before military courts”, said CM Sindh. He said that DSP and MS have been suspended while Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has been written for the suspension of SSP due to local body elections.
CM Sindh also announced Rs. 2 million each for the families of the martyrs and Rs. 1 million and government job for the injured in case of handicap and Rs. 200,000 each for those sustaining minor injuries.
Earlier: Jacobabad explosion: Death toll escalates to 25 as two more succumb to injuries
The explosion took place at Lashari Mohalla near Murtaza Park in Jacobabad before the Muharram procession passed from that route. The police and rescue officials reached the site after the news arrived.
The affectees have staged sit-in at DC Chowk, demanding to take stern action against the culprits.
The police have started a search operation after surrounding the area. The rescue teams are transporting those wounded to the hospital.
The victims include women and children, many of the injured are in critical condition.
According to police, the explosion was suicidal and that the main target was the children. Provincial Home Minister Sohail Anwar Sial has summoned the report of the incident from Inspector General (IG) Sindh.
The President of Pakistan Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have strongly condemned the attack and expressed condolences with the families of the victims.
He directed the officials to provide immediate medical care to those wounded and prayed for the souls of the martyrs.
Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen (MWM) chief Allama Nasir Abbas has also strongly condemned the incident and said that those who targeted the procession are followers of Yazidi spirit.
Some injured had to be moved to Larkana due to lack of availability of medicines at Jacobabad Hospital.
