Screengrab of the bombs found near Jamia masjid.
The grenade bombs recovered could be fired from a gun or thrown by hand. The Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) took the bombs to a nearby police station where they were diffused.
One of the bombs was around six inches long while one of the others was 12 inches in length. Two of the bombs were around 1.5-2 inches thick.
The bombs were hidden in bushes a few streets away from the mosque. A trash collector spotted them and alerted authorities, after which the BDS was called.
Rangers arrived at the scene after the BDS had taken the bombs to the police station, but no search operation was carried out.
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@Karachiwala: The only party that has a fighting wing in Karachi is MQM, rest are all on the defensive.
@Mr. Singh: Forget about lakhs, The Partition of Indian subcontinent and the the subsequent emergence of Pakistan witnessed an even greater massacre and genocide of Muslims, pouring in from Indian side into west Pakistan. Whole trainloads of people were butchered, the number ran into a million or more. Here You people beats us hands down. Now please don't bring into discussion World War II, which was the deadliest military conflict in history. Over 60 million people were killed, which was over 2.5% of the world population. As the saying goes the buck stops here.
@Zen.One: oh you mean different school of thoughts (killing). Be it communalism or terrorism, killing is a killing. Value of innocent human life doesn't change whether he target of communalism or terrorism.
@Javed: Javed mia, by remembering 1984, will it make you better or make you stop killing each other??
Why don't you take evidences of India supporting TTP & financing terror in Pakistan to UN. You don't have any problem in dragging Kashmir to UN but when it comes to India financing terror in Pakistan you are mum. Real reason is its all fed in your mind & you just blow empty trumpet.
@Zen.One: Lol Dude I just need to share only one fact to show you beat us in this game handsomely. Just remember what you guys did in Bangladesh. You will forget about thousands and talk lakhs.
@Zen.One... Riots in India had been instigated by ISI. Our muslims are better than pakistanis & are proud Indians.. At least India is a secular nation which Pakistan can't think. I am an Hindu but I keep Jesus Christ statue in my home. Do you have..
@Mr. Singh: Your views are skewed and not based on facts. Here is a list of Communal riots in India. You can take your pick after 1947. Only in Hyderabad, 10 1948, about 40,000 Muslims were killed by the Indian forces. Bombay riots in 1992 killed more than 600 Muslims, Nellie massacre Assam 1983, more than 2000 killed, Bhagulpur riots 1989, Bihar, 1100 killed, Gujarat violence Ahmedabad, 2002, 1000 killed. The list is endless. Need to differentiate between terrorist activities and communal violence. Pakistan have terrorist activities and not communal violence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ListofmassacresinIndia
These bombs are becoming more and more hi-tech sophisticated. Not sure if it was a good idea for the police to take the bomb to the police station. May be they were trying to protect the citizens. The bomb disposal squads definitely require better equipments on a priority basis.
It is good that the bombs were diffused successfully without any loss of life. Every bomb successfully diffused kills the morale of many talibans.
@Mr. Singh: You better remember 1984 Blue star operation where you Sikhs were slaughtered by Hindus! And these terrorist TTP and other terror organisations who are killing Muslims in Pakistan are being financed by the biggest terror exporter of South Asia, aka India!
The cruel and merciless enemy won't give up its monstrous desire. We as a nation have to be vigilant 24/7. There has been bit of calm during last few days. But we should not forget the last eid ul fitr when there were several terrorist attacks. The cunning enemy may try to attack in such way as to make it look like sectarian violence. Or if they are frustrated because of recent failures they make attack random pakistanis as they did in liaqat bazaar quetta, lahore food street or the market blast in peshawar. May Allah protect the innocent from the coward enemy. AMEN.
It brings great relief to know that these bombs were diffused, and the terrorists were stopped from orchestrating another act of terror. We also commend the Bomb Disposal Squad for their effort. They might have saved many lives in the process by diffusing these bombs. While the nation of Pakistan is getting ready to celebrate Eid-ul Adha, the terrorists are fully focused on pushing their deadly agenda forward. It is safe to say that they have no regard for humanity, and they will cross all lines just to achieve their evil objectives. The nation of Pakistan has our full support, and we stand by the government in its effort to counter terrorism. We wish everyone in Pakistan and around the world a very Happy Eid-ul-Adha! May peace, love and tolerance prevail in this blessed month.
Ali Khan
Pakistan is a great country. A country created by Muslims, created for Muslims and now killing Muslim each passing day.
What is funny is that they don't even leave them in their holy place.
PS:- If I am not wrong since partition more Muslims have been killed in Islamic Pakistan than in Secular India.
Thank you Trash collector.
failed ttp attempt...which is a fighting wing of pti
Thank you Allah. ..
Police must take strict security measures during the period Namaz of Eidul Azha is offered any all mosques and places where possibly Namazis will come to offer prayers tomorrow morning.
In fact the sweeping process should start now and all the places should remain in the vigilance of Police and Rangers.
An official recognition for the "trash collector " for being a good citizen and informing the police , please!
A typical Katschite might have just walked or run the other way.