Islamabad suicide bomber ‘looked like an Afghan’ with long hair

Islamabad: The suicide bomber who detonated explosives during a “surprise” check in Islamabad, “looked like an Afghan” with long hair and was sitting in the back seat of a cab, according to the FIR registered in connection to the attack.
The FIR registered at the Counter Terrorism Department (CDT) police station in Islamabad was based on a statement given by Constable Muhammad Hanif of the Eagle Squad, who was deployed on the road on Friday for surprise snap-checking to prevent rising incidents of snatching, Samaa News reported.
CCTV footage of suicide bombing in Islamabad’s I-10 : CCTV Footage Released by Islamabad Police pic.twitter.com/NUpi4bICwR — Ghulam Abbas Shah (@ghulamabbasshah) December 23, 2022 Hanif said that the squad included Head Constable Adeel Hussain and Head Constable Muhammad Yousaf and Constable Bilal Ahmed and ASI Raza Hasan and his driver in a police van.
The police included sections relating to murder, attempted murder, and facilitation of murder along with anti-terrorism sections in the FIR.
Constable Hanif in the FIR stated that they had set up a surprise check post on the heavily frequented service road when they hailed a yellow cab.
Yellow cabs are fairly common in the federal capital.