Kamra attack: 3 attackers identified, PCNS told
Air commodore informs PCNS that three of the terrorists involved in the Kamra Air Base attack hailed from Punjab.
ISLAMABAD:
Air Commodore Muhammad Azam has said that three of the terrorists involved in the Kamra Air Base attack hailed from Punjab and one of the three was from Sialkot, Express News reported on Friday.
The air commodore was briefing the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) on the Kamra Base attack.
He informed the committee that three of the nine terrorists who attacked the Kamra Air Base hailed from Punjab.
Earlier, in the attack that led to increased security on army bases, militants pounded the heart of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Base Minhas situated at Kamra — the place where the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), a leading aviation and defence production centre of Pakistan is located.
The attack by militants on the PAF airbase and operation by security forces lasted for over four hours in which at least eight militants and one security official were killed.
Minhas is home to two operational fighter squadrons, a search and rescue squadron and an air-surveillance squadron comprising the Saab-2000 Airborne Early Warning and Control Systems (AEW&C).
Various villages are situated on the outskirts of the base.
The main road of the PAC, on which all four factories are located, was open to the public until the suicide attack in 2007. These reasons made Minhas a prized target.
Air Commodore Muhammad Azam has said that three of the terrorists involved in the Kamra Air Base attack hailed from Punjab and one of the three was from Sialkot, Express News reported on Friday.
The air commodore was briefing the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) on the Kamra Base attack.
He informed the committee that three of the nine terrorists who attacked the Kamra Air Base hailed from Punjab.
Earlier, in the attack that led to increased security on army bases, militants pounded the heart of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Base Minhas situated at Kamra — the place where the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), a leading aviation and defence production centre of Pakistan is located.
The attack by militants on the PAF airbase and operation by security forces lasted for over four hours in which at least eight militants and one security official were killed.
Minhas is home to two operational fighter squadrons, a search and rescue squadron and an air-surveillance squadron comprising the Saab-2000 Airborne Early Warning and Control Systems (AEW&C).
Various villages are situated on the outskirts of the base.
The main road of the PAC, on which all four factories are located, was open to the public until the suicide attack in 2007. These reasons made Minhas a prized target.