ISLAMABAD: The young suicide bomber, who carried out the first-ever suicide bombing in Pakistan- occupied Kashmir, has been identified as a Taliban militant from the restive region of Waziristan.
The bomber, identified as Qadir, was described by witnesses as a youth aged about 18, detonated his explosives in a residential area for junior officers of the Pakistan Army in Muzaffarabad, the capital of PoK. Two soldiers were killed and three more injured in the blast on Friday. The area targeted by the bomber had barracks of the 'Azad Kashmir Regiment', whose personnel are participating in the operation against the Taliban in Swat and nearby areas. Officials said 150 suspects had been arrested in a crackdown following the attack. The outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was carried out to give a message that the group had not been affected by air strikes and shelling on militant hideouts in Waziristan. There is a sizable presence of cadres of banned militants groups, including the Lashker-e-Taiba, in PoK. LeT operative Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, currently facing trial in an anti-terror court for links in the Mumbai attacks, was arrested during a raid near Muzaffarabad in December last year.
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