Bomber’s remains buried

Published March 16, 2007

DERA GHAZI KHAN, March 15: The body of the alleged suicide bomber who died during his bid to attack the Islamabad airport with a grenade five weeks ago, buried in his ancestral graveyard on Thursday.

Younis, a resident of Rashidabad Colony, was identified by his mother after seeing the sketch of the attacker published in newspapers.

She claimed that her son was innocent and brain washed by the terrorists.

Meanwhile, intelligence agencies picked several relatives and friends of Younis, including his father, for interrogation.

Earlier, the body was brought from Rawalpindu in a coffin which was buried in the graveyard of his native village Paaki Siyal.

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