According to ARY News, which cited sources in the investigation, eight people have been detained on suspicion of aiding in the planning of or participating in a suicide bombing in Mastung’s Balochistan district. Sources claim that when detained suspects exhibit signs of cooperating with law enforcement, more operations are conducted.
An official with the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) stated that no information had been received regarding the suicide attacker’s identity. The spokesman added: “Other sources are also being used to determine the identity of the bomber.” No forensic or DNA reports have yet been received, according to a CTD spokesman. In the Saturday suicide bombing in the Mastung district near a 12 Rabiul Awwal procession, at least 59 people were killed. According to ARY News, the FIR was filed on Saturday by the Balochistan Counter-Terrorism Department.
An Eid-Milad-un Nabi (PBUH) procession in the remote Balochistan district of Mastung was targeted by a suicide bomber on Friday, who killed several people, including a police officer, and injured another 100. Three days have passed, but no militant organization has yet to acknowledge responsibility for the bombing. In a statement, the outlawed group Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) distanced itself from the bloodshed.