FIA blast suspect identified?

Published June 21, 2008

LAHORE, June 20: The man who drove a mini-truck loaded with a huge quantity of explosives into the Federal Investigation Agency’s building on Temple Road on March

11 has reportedly been identified.

Sources said that the law enforcement agencies had identified the man as Masudur Rehman hailing from tribal area.

At least 26 people, 16 of them FIA officials, lost their lives in the suicide strike on March 11 last.

When contacted, Lahore FIA Director Chaudhry Manzoor however expressed his ignorance about the new development into the case.

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