Pakistani Taliban’s splinter group Jamaat-ul-Ahrar on Thursday identified a 25-year-old man as the suicide bomber who blew himself up at Wagah killing 61 people, minutes after the popular flag-lowering ceremony at the main land border crossing with India.
The Jamaatul Ahrar group led by Omar Khorasani released the details of Hanifullah alias Hamza, claiming that he carried out the suicide bombing at the ceremony, a display of military pageantry which attracts thousands of spectators.
The outlawed group also released a photo of the bomber who belonged to a bordering town in Mohmand tribal agency. The bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the parade complex soon after the completion of the ceremony last Sunday, said Ehsanullah Ehsan, a spokesman of the militant group.