Sakhi Sarwar attack: Investigations reveal 10 bombers sent out

Investigations reveal 10 suicide bombers including captured bomber were sent to different parts of the country.

PESHAWAR: Express 24-7 has obtained the school certificate of the injured suicide bomber of Sakhi Sarwar Shrine in Dera Ghazi Khan. Initial investigations reveal that 10 suicide bombers including the captured bomber had been sent to different parts of the country.

The suicide bomber, Omar Fidai had been arrested at the spot on the day of the blast.

According to his school card, Fidai is the son of Akbar Khan and a student of class seven in Noor public school Husso Khel, Waziristan.

Fidai belongs to the Khati village of Mir Ali and sources say that four people including him were sent to DG Khan for suicide attacks. They were shown the shrine two days prior to the eventual suicide attack on April 3.

Sources add that Fidai also said four suicide bombers came to DG Khan with him -- Abdullah Dawar, Mutaqi and Aziz.

Eleven suspects have been arrested in connection with the twin suicide blasts at the shrine of sufi saint Sakhi Sarwar in DG Khan so far.