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News | Posted on January 17, 2008
The seventh of Muharram once again proved fatal for Peshawar as 12 people were killed and 20 others wounded in a suicide blast inside the Imambargah Mirza Qasim Baig in Mohallah Jhangi, a few minutes after a mourning procession ended there on Thursday evening.
The News Reports:
Large police contingents had just returned to their stations after peaceful dispersal of the Muharram procession when a huge blast rocked the city at 6:45 pm. Eyewitnesses told The News that security volunteers at the entrance of the Imambargah Mirza Qasim became suspicious of a youth who was wearing black clothes. When they tried to stop him, he ran away towards the hall where a large number of people were still present.
“A few persons shouted to alert the others about the suicide bomber, but the terrorist blew himself up, giving no time to the people,� they added. “I shouted to alert the people about the presence of the suicide bomber when I became suspicious of an 18-year-old clean shaven boy, who had moustaches. My shouts could not be heard. Suddenly, the bomber raised his arms and explosives around his body went off with a deafening sound,� a woman mourner, Nusrat, told newspersons.
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January 18th, 2008 at 8:03 am
the police noticed him as a suspicious, a mourner women noticed him a suspicious as well..amazingly, both security and civilian were thinking same.
although, there was a press release by the govt, that the bomber first fired rounds then he blew on the entrance.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:50 am
I have one thing very clear in my mind that no foreign power of agency wud do such things. They wud never use their agents either coz agents are assets. There can be only one justification of these suicide attacks i.e. heaven 72 virgins. Just think for a moment, this is quite an offer for a young person, who actually have no education but madrassa, no future to look forward too, no family or loved one (in most cases) and on top of that a full time molvi who has nothing else to offer to his pupils but a guaranteed visa for heaven, and with persistent brain washing from the molvi u will hear incidents like that. What a shame that we brought the most glorious relegion of the world to that level. Wake up people and do something about it. What kind of islam teaches that is okay to blow urself up in the mosques and other relegious gatherings?