A local police official says that they are currently investigating the blast, which appeared to be a suicide bombing. No one has claimed responsibility so far.
A member of the Islamic State, recruited in Turkey by one of the leaders of the terrorist organization, the bomber was detained by Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers.
Recently, an uptick has been observed in the attacks on the security forces by the militants in the tribal districts despite a ceasefire committed by Tehreek-Taliban Pakistan.
Karachi suicide bomber Shari Baloch’s death may be an act of terrorism but it rips through the silence that the Pakistani State had enforced about Balochistan.
Attack took place in Gwadar, a port city in Pakistan's restive Balochistan area. One Chinese sustained minor injuries while two children playing nearby were killed in the bombing.
PM Ranil Wickremesinghe said the govt could only take action if the terrorists were operating within Sri Lanka. The govt also revised the death toll of the attacks to 253, citing a calculation error.
ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.
Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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