Peshawar church blasts: Bombers were foreigners says DNA report

One of the attackers was Uzbek, report confirms.

PESHAWAR: The DNA report of the suicide bombers who had blown themselves up at the All Saints Church during Sunday mass has revealed that both the attackers were foreigners.

According to police, the DNA report of the suicide bombers has been received which stated that the attackers were not Pakistanis and that one of them was Uzbek.

On September 22, over 80 people were killed and 150 others injured in the twin suicide bombing that took place outside the All Saints church after Sunday mass came to an end. The bombing is believed to be the country’s deadliest attack on Christians.

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan had denied its hand in the attack.

“We didn’t carry out the church attack. However, we believe it’s according to the Sharia,” TTP spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid had told the BBC Urdu in a telephone interview from an undisclosed location.

Asked who issues orders for any attack, he said the TTP central leadership did not necessarily take such decisions. “Our objectives are clear to all our component groups. They are free to select and attack the enemy targets.”

However, he added that the TTP had checked with all its groups and none of them owned the church attack.