KARACHI: Armed militants, who stormed the PNS Mehran naval base in
Karachi on May 22 were foreigners and closer relatives, discloses a DNA
report here on Saturday.
The attackers were equipped with
latest and sophisticated arms and ammunition. The terrorist destroyed
P3-C Orion Surveillance Airplanes. Pakistani security forces conducted
a joint operation to clear the base, which lasted for almost 16 hours,
in which four terrorists were killed whereas 10 personnel of navy and
rangers also embraced martyrdom. The forces recovered four hand
grenades, 2 suicide jackets and one rocket launcher form these
terrorists.
The identity of those terrorists was still a
mystery. After the incident two samples each from the dead bodies of
four terrorists were taken. One was for to ascertain the nationality
and other to determine the family background of these extremists.
According
to the DNA test which was conducted at Islamabad, the attackers were
not Pakistanis. According to SSP Investigation Niaz Khoso, NADRA had
not any kind of record of these terrorists so it was not verified that
they belonged to Pakistan. However it was proved that all four were
close relatives to each other, either they were real brothers or
cousins. Online
