Screengrab of the suicide bomber gunned down inside the mosque. SCREENGRAB: EXPRESS NEWS
Mohammad Baksh, the father of the suspected bomber and two brothers, Samiullah and Hakimullah were found at their residence in their village.
Islamabad CIA police traced the family through finger prints of the killed suicide bomber.
Residents of the village said they had not seen the suicide bomber in four months. It was not apparent that the family was involved or supportive of the terrorist’s plan.
Despite ‘heavy deployment’ of security personnel for Eid, a suicide bomber successfully entered a mosque in Islamabad but failed to explode before being gunned down on Aug 9.
The suspect entered the Jamia Mosque Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib while prayers were in progress.
A search operation had been launched to find two suspected accomplices of the bomber.
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good, at least the he died.
If only y CJ can spend some time to expedite this more urgent matter thhn his vindictive suo motos!!
Father and brothers should not have been arrested but certainly interrogated by the police and intelligence agencies. I don't see any person saying that a picture of this person has been posted on TV and news papers, it should be the practice and let the people know at large, they should be ones who could inform the investigative authorities about a person's where about and association with others. Some time family has the inkling about their loved one but it is the associats which will expose them for their illicit activities. The authorities should go after his associats and their activities for the last 4 months or even more. Does any one even know his name and age.
Ask Rana Sanullah....why and who these people are?
All the people who are questioning the family values, should know that everybody is an individual and should be treated as such. How do we know that bomber's family was not looking for him. You are all speculating right now with out knowing any detail regards to his family.Missing Person's report register with Pakistan Police, you guys must be joking. You cannot even report a murder or a rape before getting some sort of Court order from High Court due to negligence of Polic Station staff, Missing person's report. All of you should know better than that to questions someone's upbringing of there child.
when ch. Nisar will order military operation in punjab...the hot bed for terrorist training
All those leaders and their surrogates who were linking terrorist attacks to the drone attacks in KPK should be ashamed of themselves and apologize to the nation. Of course they would not do that. There cannot be any excuse for cold blooded murder of thousands of Pakistani civilians. Drones never specifically targeted any mosque, hospital or schools.
@Tauseef: I think he is being sarcastic
Chinot/Jhang: Now we know where they are getting trained.
Why are we waiting for? Why we don't ban all the Madrassas, What are they teaching? Why Government can't open some schools with emphasis on religion. Why our forces don't attack Northern Waziristan? Why are we waiting for our own distraction? If you want to survive then you have take bold decisions.
@Ali: Now how come the family is guilty?do they hv proof?
Part of the problem is, Pakistan army, ISI, police can arrest any one and kill them too. Suicide bombers do it for money and/or for heavenly benefits (like 72 hooris). These people have been brainwashed by mullahs in the name of Islam.
Why can't government stop these Mullahs from spreading hatred?
Pakistan government itself is creating hatred by doings things like declaring Ahmadis non-Muslims.
Maybe his distant relatives were killed in a drone attack.
Now why would they arrest his father and brother? for which crime?
cheif justice of pakistan is the beloved father of terrorists.. he will release the family soon so that they go back and plan killing of innocent people which they failed this time due to security forces action
Though in principle no one should be held responsible for the acts of others, even if the others are related by blood, we need to look at it objectively. In our society familial and social ties are primal, and these ignorant activists should know that even if they blow themselves up their loved ones will have to pay for their crimes, if it is determined that they were aware of the person's activities. The reason we are not being able to control this menace is the failure of the government to be committed to eradicate the problem and lack of investigative work to pin down where these criminals are coming from.
Get to the link. Where was he brainwashed ?
And then attack the hornets' nest! Ch. Nisar needs to prove himself as a doer , enough talk.
well if the villagers saying the did not saw the lad for the last some months this means that the family too knew he is not there with them. They should have reported to the authorities about their missing son. May be because of the lack of education, ignorance or fear from the corruption and attitude of police they did not reported or may be they know what the guy is going the do in future which i think is minimal.
@Ali: Did family report his nefarious activities to agencies?If one person is that fanatic to kill & get killed,then its family's upbringing that needs to be checked.
Bhai this is more clear now, these are no foreign elements. They are our own neighbours, friends and relatives. Alas, we are being used by some elements of our country and outside, but neverthless these are from our own mohallas. We as individuals can do more I guess than sitting ducks.
In aftermaths of London riots,Parents called Police to arrest their kids on knowing their criminal involvement in riots.This family committed criminal negligence which caused death of this idiot & could have brought misery to a lot many more people.However,they ll be released soon as terrorists are rarely convicted- courts.
Father and brothers of gunned down suicide bomber arrested
Will they also disappear like Kasab's family members?
No one will comment on this post. Very sad and nation has become fanatic
Shame on those tv channels who within the minutes of this terrorist attack labeled the attacker as of pashtun or FATA tribal appearance. This stereotyping should be condemned and immediately stopped. These terrorists have no specific ethnicity,they are just terrorists and killers.
oh for the first time we have some progress. good that nadra database is working for some good usage. we can reduce more of these incidents if we use more of this technology and do proper research. for once, well done CIA ISB.
Now how come the family is guilty?do they hv proof?
Chiniot? But we are told by jihadi sympathisers these suicide bombers are from North Wazirastan in revenge for drones. This is no revenge this is ideology.
There is always a possibility of people getting to soft targets. Every person cannot be dressed down in public.
He still is suspected?
Now that he has been identified and his near relatives arrested, time for more questions from Ch. Nisar: Why did the family fail to report his absence (not seen for four months)? Jhang is the main source of Shia genocide, why keep people like Malik Ishaq roam free? Which moulvi and maddrassah brainwashed him? Why not ban every masjid/maddrassah (sunni or shia) in Jhang who inflict brains with this much hate? I would bet my life to assure you that just this investigation(if properly conducted) would reveal us the complete mechanism of how these monsters really operate. It may be difficult but it isn't impossible at all. We need a bit of spine and bit of intelligence and more importantly a bit of nationalism and will.
In the current hostile situation,best offensive strategy to calm down and to raise voices against such people.