Rawalpindi top cop says bomber struck during frisking

RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi police chief Wednesday night said that the bomber detonated the body-worn improvised explosive device at the Moharram-ul-Haram procession in Rawalpindi when he was being frisked, Geo News reported.

"The suicide bomber blew himself up when the security officials were
checking (his body). We had prior information about the attacks and were fully alert," said Azhar Hameed Khokhar.

Khokhar said that the authorities would run a DNA test of the body parts of the bomber to determine his links.

Another police official, Muhammad Haroon, told media that the attack took place when the procession was almost 500 metres from the mosque where it was heading.

Moreover the bomb disposal squad told media that at least 3 kilos of extremely lethal high-grade explosive was used in the blast.

“We have found a detonator and a dud hand grenade, which if it had gone off, could have led to more casualties”, said they.