Four detained after police raid suicide bomber’s home in Peshawar

PESHAWAR: Police in Peshawar have raided the home of the suicide bomber who had exploded himself at an imambargah in Tarlai area of Islamabad on Friday and arrested four members of his family, including his two brothers and a woman, who were later shifted to an undisclosed location for questioning, on Saturday.

Sources confided to the TV channel that the national identity card (CNIC) of the bomber has been found from the site of the blast, which has helped the officials identify him as Yasir, son of Bahadur Khan.

They have elaborated that Yasir, who was associated with Daesh, had stayed in Afghanistan for five months where he received training in the use of weapons and carrying out a suicide attack.

Sources have gone on to say that special teams, comprising CTD officials, have been constituted to trace and arrest those who masterminded and facilitated the terror attack.

Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences report

Meanwhile, a detailed report released by the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) said that 28 dead and 121 injured were brought to the hospital.

The report informed that 26 complicated operations had been performed to save the lives of the injured, while over 60 units of blood had also been provided.

Similarly, it added, the supply of medicines and surgical instruments had also been ensured.

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Furthermore, all doctors, interns, surgeons, nurses and other paramedical staff stayed at the hospital despite the completion of their duty hours in order to look after those injured in the blast.

On the other hand, the death toll in the blast has reached 32, while over 160 have been wounded.

Islamabad Inspector General of Police’s (IGP) cousin is also among those who lost his life in the incident.