Pak govt says pvt guards' negligence caused WFP office blast

Rezaul H Laskar

Islamabad, Oct 6 (PTI) Pakistan on Tuesday said all
private guards posted at the UN food agency's Islamabad
office, where a suicide blast killed 5 people, have been taken
into custody for questioning, claiming that their negligence
enabled the bomber to enter the building in the garb of a
security man.

It blamed the Taliban for carrying out the attack that
killed five people, including an Iraqi national and two women,
at the heavily-guarded World Food Programme (WFP) office in
the heart of Islamabad on Monday and warned that the group
could launch more such strikes.

All private guards at the WFP office have been taken into
custody for questioning and records of all WFP employees are
being collected as part of the investigation, Interior
Minister Rehmam Malik told reporters.

"It is a complicated matter and the investigation may
take some time," he said and claimed that the attack was the
result of the negligence on the part of the private security
guards posted at the WFP office.

The bomber, who struck the WFP office, was disguised as a
paramilitary trooper and entered the building by saying he
wanted to use the toilet. This has raised serious questions
about security arrangements in the Pakistani capital.

Close circuit TV footage showed the bomber, wearing the
black uniform of Frontier Corps, entering the WFP building. He
detonated his bomb in the lobby of the building. The Iraqi
national and two Pakistani staff died at the scene and two
others died later in hospital. (More) PTI RHL
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