Perpetrators behind the recent terror attack on a mosque in Sialkot have been arrested, said Punjab Inspector General of Police Dr Usman Anwar on Friday, levelling blame on a “rogue nation’s hostile intelligence agency”.
Addressing a press conference in Lahore, Dr Anwar said that the attack was “planned outside Pakistan”. He did not name the nation allegedly responsible for the shooting in a mosque in Daska, Sialkot, which claimed at least two lives earlier this week.
The mosque in-charge Shahid, reportedly a religious activist associated with a proscribed organization and his security guard Hashim were killed on the spot when three terrorists opened fire inside the Jamia Masjid Al-Noor located in Mandiki Goraya within the limits of Saddar Police Station during Fajr prayers.
Another worshipper, Abdul Ahad, was critically injured and shifted to Gujranwala because of the severity of his condition. At least six unidentified gunmen were involved in the attack that took place on October 11 with three of them carrying out the fatal shooting.
“The perpetrators were identified by the unity of purpose of the law enforcement agencies,” said Dr Anwar. “Most of them have been arrested. The state of Pakistan through its law enforcement agencies will expose the rogue nation to the world.”
The Punjab police chief warned the “rats” hatching conspiracies against Pakistan, saying that they should be ready to now be exposed for their “evil deeds”. The Foreign Office and other institutions are working towards this, according to Dr Anwar.
