Lashkar-i-Jhangwi ( Al-almi) claims responsibility of suicide attack in Kohat that killed 45

PAKISTAN,ISLAMABAD: A banned Jihadi (militant) group —Lashkar-I-Jhangvi (Al-Almi) has claimed responsibility of suicide attack in Kohat that had left 45 dead and injured 97.

In a message to the media organizations on Saturday afternoon, a spokesperson of ‘ LJ said their volunteers had carried out this lethal attack against government policies and security forces operation in the areas bordering Afghanistan.

Spokesperson said they their group has ability to target any place throughout Pakistan and they will keep on their bloody exercise until Pakistani government stop cooperation with American and NATO forces in Afghanistan. Spokesperson also demanded from Pakistani government to halt army operation in NW also.
It is worth mentioned here that two suicide bombers blew themselves up Saturday in a camp for refugees fleeing military offensives in north-western Pakistan, killing at least 45 people and wounding about 97, police said.

When contacted by this correspondent on Saturday afternoon, Deputy Inspector General of Kohat Division Abdullah confirmed that 45 people have been killed and that the blasts occurred at a food distribution point in a refugee camp. The camp is sometimes used by foreign humanitarian groups, including the World Food Program, to deliver aid, he said. According to DIG, it was one of the worst attacks by the militants in Kohat since 18 month.

According sources, two suicide bombers struck six minutes apart at a camp in the Kacha Pukka area of Kohat, a tribally administered region close to the Afghan border. They were dressed in burqas, the all-encompassing veil worn by conservative Muslim women in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Pakistan has been hit by near-daily explosions over the last 18 months blamed on al-Qaida and Taliban militants. Most have been directed at security or government installations, but civilians have also been targeted, sometimes to punish those seen as cooperating with the government.

The camp was for people who fled from the Orakzai district, where the army has been fighting militants since the end of last year. The tempo of the operations has picked since March, with frequent aerial bombardment. The camp housed between 1,000 and 2,000 people.
According to data available with Gaea Times, About 210,000 civilians have fled from Orakzai Agency since the end of last year, including nearly 50,000 people who have left in the last month when ground forces moved into the area to flush out insurgents.
In a brief statement Saturday, army chief Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said he had ordered measures be taken to avoid such “unfortunate incidents” in the future. It mentioned the name of the tribe which lost members in the air strike.