LeT hand suspected over Jalalabad bombing
6 Aug 2013 4:39 AM IST
Trained operatives of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba could be behind Saturday’s suicide bombing outside the Indian consulate in Jalalabad in which nine Afghan people, mostly children, were killed, intelligence inputs indicate.
The security apparatus at the Indian consulate in Jalalabad, which is near the Pakistan border, had been beefed up and placed on high alert following intelligence inputs of a possible terror attack -- a major factor that led Afghan security personnel to stop the explosives-laden car when it attempted to enter the lane leading to the consulate Saturday.
Three terrorists had attempted to drive the car into the Indian consulate, but were stopped at the checkpost, whereupon two of the terrorists got off and began firing while the third, the driver, triggered the bomb-laden vehicle.
The explosion left a big crater in the road, and shops on the lane leading to the consulate were severely damaged. Also hit was a adjacent mosque where children were studying, killing or injuring a number of them. The needle of suspicion points to LeT operatives sent to Afghanistan to attack Indian missions with logistical support being provided by the Pakistan-based Haqqani network. The bombing has a similar operandi to the embassy attacks in 2008 and 2009.
The security apparatus at the Indian consulate in Jalalabad, which is near the Pakistan border, had been beefed up and placed on high alert following intelligence inputs of a possible terror attack -- a major factor that led Afghan security personnel to stop the explosives-laden car when it attempted to enter the lane leading to the consulate Saturday.
Three terrorists had attempted to drive the car into the Indian consulate, but were stopped at the checkpost, whereupon two of the terrorists got off and began firing while the third, the driver, triggered the bomb-laden vehicle.
The explosion left a big crater in the road, and shops on the lane leading to the consulate were severely damaged. Also hit was a adjacent mosque where children were studying, killing or injuring a number of them. The needle of suspicion points to LeT operatives sent to Afghanistan to attack Indian missions with logistical support being provided by the Pakistan-based Haqqani network. The bombing has a similar operandi to the embassy attacks in 2008 and 2009.
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