Lashkar-e-Islam claims responsibility for Peshawar raid

January 31, 2012 14:34

The banned Lashkar-e-Islam has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on the outskirts of the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar that killed four persons, including a leader of a rival militant group.

Lashkar-e-Islam commander Khan Muhammad told reporters in Peshawar over the phone that his group had sent a suicide bomber to target Ansar-ul-Islam leader Haji Akhunzada at his home in Pakha Ghulam area yesterday. Akhunzada and his son-in-law were among the four persons killed in the attack. Eight others were injured, the police said.

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