The foreign bombers - one of them as young as 20 - were equipped with suicide vests and one of them blew herself up after being cornered in a firefight, police said.
Five suspected Chechen suicide bombers —— three of them women —— were killed in a gun battle after policemen in Pakistan’s Quetta city intercepted their vehicle at a checkpost, foiling a major terror attack.
The foreign bombers —— one of them as young as 20 —— were equipped with suicide vests and one of them blew herself up after being cornered in a firefight, police said.
The city police chief told the media that the five people travelling in a car had explosive devices strapped around their waists and were apparently out to launch a terror attack in the Balochistan capital.
“They were first ordered to stop for a snap check near the airport but raced away and were than intercepted at the Frontier Constabulary checkpost in Kharotabad,” he said.
The police official said when asked to get out of the car the suspected bombers started a gun battle with security personal and on being cornered one of the female bombers blew herself up.
“One of the suicide bombers is a 25 to 27-year-old woman while another one is a young girl of around 20 years,” he said.
“We are investigating but so far it appears from documents found on them all five belonged to Chechnya,” he said.
He said the security forces suffered no casualties and only one policeman was wounded and taken to hospital for treatment.
“We are trying to find what their intentions and target were but apparently they were out to commit a terrorist attack in the city,” he said.
The banned Tehreek—e—Taliban and al Qaeda have vowed to seek revenge and step up suicide attacks in Pakistan after the U.S. Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in a late night raid at his hideout in Abbotabad on May 2.
(source:.thehindu.com/news/)
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