![attack foiled in swat 400 worshippers saved from attack attack foiled in swat 400 worshippers saved from attack](https://i1.tribune.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/239901-image-1314356783.jpg)
A suicide attack targeting a mosque during Friday prayers was foiled by security forces and a local peace militia in Swat.
Two suicide attackers, equipped with hand grenades and suicide vests, tried entering the mosque in Qalagey village, Kabal district, of Swat, but were promptly intercepted. The attackers shot bullets at the security forces and one of them died in retaliation while the other managed to escape.
The village is located some 40 kilometres from Mingora.
Yousuf Khan, president of the peace militia, said that two men with suspicious body language were spotted among the locals entering the mosque for Friday prayers and were stopped by officials. “One of them opened fire but was killed in time,” he said.
Khan said there were around 400 people in the mosque at the time the attackers tried to target it.
A search operation is under way to arrest the second attacker, according to Swat Media Centre spokesperson Colonel Arif.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 27th, 2011.
COMMENTS (6)
Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.
For more information, please see our Comments FAQ
Such cowards. Trying to blow up a mosque in Ramadan. These anti state agents know no decency and shame. They take money from foreigners to hurt Pakistanis. Time to seal the border with Afghanistan once and for all! Then Indians can't send their agents. Bravo that the security people caught them and stopped their evil plan to kill innocent Pakistanis.
the guy wearing a heavy suicide belt escaped? If he is caught, Pakistan can win olympics gold in the sprint events.
@Nas: You are right, the Christian extremist fanatics and terrorists had already adopted this old strategy i.e. targeting mosques, madrassas and homes using Drones. Yes they want people not to go to mosques for prayers.
These extremists fanatics and terrorists have adopted a new strategy now..i.e. targeting mosques.what happened to their religious fervour now. Do they not want people to go to mosques for prayers?
May Allah bless the killer of this madman for saving so many precious lives, Aameen.
Thanks God