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Interior ministry directs foreigners to restrict movements
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao said Wednesday that six kilogram explosive material has been used for suicide attack in F-8 Centre.
The interior minister was informed about F-8 Centre terrorism incident at a high-level meeting here. He was told that suicide attacker’s identity and other information could not be ascertained as yet.
Senior high officials of law enforcing agencies including federal interior secretary, IG and chief commissioner Islamabad attended the meeting.
Talking to Geo News after the meeting, the interior minister said intelligence report signals threat of more terrorist activities, for which stringent measures are being adopted and police and rangers are being appointed on city exits and entrances.
Sherpao said the security has been put on red alert on public places, markets and important thoroughfares with increased number of security personnel.
The special directives have been issued to the Foreigners Security Cell regarding restricting foreigners and diplomats’ movements so that they might be guarded against any possible untoward incident.
Keeping in view the feared terrorist activity, it was decided to discourage public gatherings so that law and order situation in the country could be averted, he added.
Aftab Sherpao said that mobile phone sims were found from the scene of suicide blast, in the light of which investigations are underway.
Courtesy Geo