Karachi attack: Suicide bomber’s jacket had ball bearings

KARACHI (HRNW) The police officials on Saturday revealed the details of the suicide jacket used to attack the vehicle of foreigners in Karachi’s Mansehra Colony area of Landhi, media reported.

Sources close to the development revealed that the investigation team suggested that the weighed of the suicide bomber’s jacket may have between 4 to 5 kg with a large quantities of ball bearings used along with the explosives.

The organs of the attacker have been preserved for chemical analysis to evaluate the type of explosive material used in the suicide jacket.

Sources close to the investigation team disclosed that a vehicle, which was tasked with delivering bread, came between the attacker and the targeted van, absorbing the impact of the blast itself, preventing foreigners with a major tragedy.

According to the sources, the body parts of the suicide attacker were blown from his back meanwhile the preserved samples is scheduled to be sent today for DNA for identification.