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Published 29 Jan, 2005 12:00am

RAWALPINDI: LEAs ordered to hand over suicide bomber's head to father

RAWALPINDI, Jan 28: The anti-terrorist court Rawalpindi on Friday directed the law enforcement agencies, probing the terrorist attack on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in Fatehjang, to hand over the suicide bomber's head to his father.

The suicide bomber' father, Mohammad Mukhtar, was also present in the court when the order was given. Mohammad Irfan, 23, blew himself up during an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in July in Fatehjang.

Irfan's body was blown up while his head was found lying near the scene of the attack. The head was preserved by the authorities concerned for investigation. The suicide bomber, who according to his father, had been missing from his house situated on Sheesh Mahal Road Lahore since 2004, was well-built and a graduate.

The deputy inspector general of police Rawalpindi, in a recent press conference, had revealed that Irfan, who had C-4 explosive wrapped around his waist, was among seven persons killed in the terrorist attack on Shaukat Aziz.

Amjad Farooqi, who was allegedly involved in an assassination attempt on President Gen Pervez Musharraf, is believed to be the mastermind of the attack on Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz and had persuaded Irfan and his friend Obaid to carry out the act. Irfan reached on the designated point and detonated his explosive-laden belt while Obaid failed to do so.

MAN KILLED: A watchman was killed after being hit by falling rocks in Barakahu on Friday, police said. Mohammad Khan, a watchman at a green farm in Bannigala, was cutting logs along with his nephew Sabir when during a landslide a heavy rock fell on him, killing him on the spot.

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