TTP claim Karachi, Rawalpindi attacks

PESHAWAR: Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Thursday claimed responsibility for twin bomb attacks in Karachi and Rawalpindi, which killed 25 people.

"We carried out the attacks (on Wednesday) in Rawalpindi and Karachi because the community is engaged in defiling the Prophet," spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan told by telephone from an undisclosed location.