Youth from Karachi among Kamra attackers
Suspect, Taimur Butt Guddu, belonged to a poor, religious family living in Landhi.
KARACHI:
A youth from Karachi’s Landhi neighbourhood was also among those who attacked the PAF airbase in Kamra on August 16, sources said.
Taimur Butt Guddu belonged to a poor and religious family that had shifted to the city from Sialkot in the ‘90s and was living in Landhi. Guddu disappeared a year ago and two months before the Kamra attack, he contacted his family and inquired the well being of his mother and other family members, using someone else’s phone registered in the name of a resident of Bannu.
The person has been identified and investigators are expecting a breakthrough in finding out the mastermind and others involved in the attack and the rest of the network. Guddu was living in Sherpao Colony with his mother and three brothers. He attended school up to primary classes only. His elder brothers is said to be having religious inclination and the young Guddu was also influneced by him.
He was married to the sister of his brother’s wife but his marriage could not last more than a few months, after which he became mentally unstable and showed little interest in life.
Security agencies are questioning members of Guddu’s family in an effort to gather data and reach other persons in his contact.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 10th, 2012.
A youth from Karachi’s Landhi neighbourhood was also among those who attacked the PAF airbase in Kamra on August 16, sources said.
Taimur Butt Guddu belonged to a poor and religious family that had shifted to the city from Sialkot in the ‘90s and was living in Landhi. Guddu disappeared a year ago and two months before the Kamra attack, he contacted his family and inquired the well being of his mother and other family members, using someone else’s phone registered in the name of a resident of Bannu.
The person has been identified and investigators are expecting a breakthrough in finding out the mastermind and others involved in the attack and the rest of the network. Guddu was living in Sherpao Colony with his mother and three brothers. He attended school up to primary classes only. His elder brothers is said to be having religious inclination and the young Guddu was also influneced by him.
He was married to the sister of his brother’s wife but his marriage could not last more than a few months, after which he became mentally unstable and showed little interest in life.
Security agencies are questioning members of Guddu’s family in an effort to gather data and reach other persons in his contact.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 10th, 2012.