An FBI team, comprising officials based in Islamabad and Kabul, has visited the site of the attack and inspected the wreckage of the blown-up consulate vehicles. |
At the moment we feel the boat was overloaded and they failed to take required precautionary measures, |
At the moment we feel the boat was overloaded and they failed to take required precautionary measures. |
Body parts were found including the heads of the suspected attackers. |
In some areas unknown persons burnt three buses and forced shopkeepers to close their shops. Police fired a few tear-gas shells to disperse them. |
Indications are that extremist and militant organizations could be involved in the blast. |
Information we have received from hospitals and police suggest that the death toll is 57. |
Investigators are moving fast. They may have found some lead before they decided to round up suspects for questioning. |
It was purely an accident, and no criminal act was involved. So we can only investigate the reasons as to why this happened. |
No one has yet claimed the responsibility of the deadly attack but we have reasons to believe that there were two suicide bombers. |
Our initial investigations suggest that there were at least two suicide bombers involved in the attack. We have found the body parts, including the heads, of the suspected attackers. |
Seventy people including women and children are now feared drowned. Ten have survived and at least 13 bodies have been recovered so far. |
The army has been put on alert and can be deployed within minutes if there is any trouble. |
The cause of the mishap appears to be mismanagement. |
The death toll has now risen to 57, while there are also reports that some people are still missing. |