Police received yesterday, the autopsy report of three Tahreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists who were killed in a shootout with law-enforcement agencies on Saturday.
Quoting the autopsy report, a senior police officer said that ‘the TTP Lahore chief Roohullah alias Asadullah, the mastermind of the Wagah bombing last year, had died in an explosion’. (He reportedly blew himself up rather then be arrested alive.)
Mairaj Khan and Umar Farooq, the other two TTP men, had died receiving six and seven bullets, respectively, the officer added. A large quantity of arms and ammunition were also recovered from them
Investigation has suggested that Khan had wanted to attack a school in Lahore using a suicide bomber. All three hailed from Bajaur Agency.
The officer said Asadullah had convinced Hanifullah to carry out a suicide attack at the border. Nearly 60 people were killed in the bombing, he said.
The officer said Asadullah had been planning to attack schools in Lahore while Farooq was also wanted for several terrorist attacks, the officer added.
Earlier, law-enforcement agencies had taken the bodies to Mayo Hospital where doctors from Mian Munshi Hospital carried out the autopsy.
“We will wait for a few days and bury them if nobody claims the bodies.” said the officer.
