'Hostile intelligence agency' responsible for Sialkot shooting: Top cop.

LAHORE -- Punjab Inspector General of Police Dr Usman Anwar on Thursday held responsible a 'rogue nation's hostile intelligence agency' for the Sialkot mosque shooting that claimed three lives earlier this week.

On October 11, a prayer leader, a religious activist belonging to an outlawed outfit, and his security guard were killed in what is believed to be a targeted attack on a Daska mosque during Fajr prayers.

Addressing a press conference here on Friday, the Punjab police chief said the attackers behind a terror attack in the country were arrested, adding that it was carried out by a 'rogue nation and planned outside Pakistan', without elaborating on further about the alleged rogue nation.

'The perpetrators were identified by the unity of purpose of the law enforcement agencies,' he said. 'Most of them have been arrested. The state of Pakistan through its law enforcement agencies will expose the rogue nation to the world.'

Dr Usman Anwar warned the 'rats' who were hatching conspiracies against the state of Pakistan to now be ready to be exposed for their 'evil deeds' as the Foreign Office and other institutions were now working towards it.

He said the LEAs including police, Counter Terrorism Department, Inter-Services Intelligence, Intelligence Bureau, and the Military Intelligence united to not only trace the culprits of the incident but thwart more attacks.

Talking about the attack, the Punjab police chief said a few people were killed during a firing incident at a Sialkot mosque, adding that the culprits were immediately arrested and would be presented in court now.

'This attack was planned outside Pakistan. A hostile intelligence agency sent a person to Pakistan. We have all the records about who is the person who came here, who he met, and even his geo-location. They came here from Oct 6-Oct 9 and executed the plan on Oct 11.'

Dr Anwar said the police would identify the enemy country in his next press conference along with the identities of the three shooters and their facilitators.

'We have all kinds of evidence, including data from Booking.com and other sites. Our constables went and searched hotels,' he said. 'We, along with the CTD, have collected irrefutable evidence which we will present to the media and court.'

Sialkot attack

Slain Maulana Shahid Latif's security guard Zulfiqar Ali had said six unidentified people reached the Noori-i-Madina Masjid early Wednesday (Oct 11) morning in Mandike Guraya Chowk on motorbikes and...