Torkham attack our ‘first revenge’: TTP
August 29th, 2009 - 12:32 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Aug.29 (ANI): The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed responsibility for Thursday’s suicide attack in which 22 security personnel were killed and 20 others were injured in Torkham area of Khyber Agency, saying it was their ‘first revenge’ for the death of their leader Baitullah Mehsud.
“We claim responsibility for the blast. This is our first response since the death of our chief Baitullah Mehsud. We will continue similar attacks in the future also,” TTP spokesman Azam Tariq told a foreign news agency over phone from an undisclosed location.
Tariq said all those who were killed in the attack were supporters of US policies, The Dawn reports.
On Thursday, a group called ‘Dr Abdullah Azzam Brigade’ had claimed the responsibility for the strike.
Meanwhile, all 22 Khasadar Force personnel, who were killed in the attack, were cremated in Brag and Karamna villages of Bazaar-Zakakhel late on Friday. (ANI)
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