Peshawar mosque suicide bomber entered high-security zone dressed in police uniform, says officer

Peshawar, Feb 2 (PTI) A Taliban suicide bomber who killed 101 people, including 97 policemen, at a mosque inside a major police facility in Pakistan's Peshawar city had disguised himself in a police uniform to sneak into the high-security zone and was riding a motorcycle with a helmet and mask on, a top police official said on Thursday.

The guards at the security checkpoint at the main entrance of the Police Lines area did not check the bomber dressed in police uniform and let him go inside, Inspector General of Police of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Moazzam Jah Ansari told the media here.

"This was a suicide bomber and we have traced him...We have obtained the CCTV footage of his movement from Khyber Road to the Police Lines... then how he parked his motorcycle on a side...he was in a police uniform and was wearing a mask and a helmet," the officer said.