Pakistani Taliban filmed target before suicide attack
November 3rd, 2011 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 3 (IANS) A chilling video shows three trained Pakistani Taliban terrorists filming a heavily guarded CID office in Karachi before carrying out a deadly suicide attack last year.
The nearly 15-minute video was posted a year after the attack that left over 20 people dead.
The men — identified as Rahmanullah, Farmanullah and Khan Mohammad — gave interviews before carrying out the fidayeen attack, the video shows, reported Dawn.
It was produced by Umar Studio, said to be the media wing of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan.
The video shows the men undergoing arms training at an unknown location. It then shows the filming of the target building and the explosives-laden mini truck.
The men said in Pushto that they had not been forced to commit suicide and that they had chosen to die.
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