According to AFP Al-qaeda linked group Lashkar-e-jhangve is behind the Peshawar blast in which 12 persons were killed and more than 50 injured. The security officials speculates that the manner in which the occurance took place is a trade mark method of Lashka-e-jhangve.
Eye witnesses state that a teenager in the Shiates mourning’s dress who clevery passed all the check points and reached the main gate of Imam Barghah Mirza Qasim Baig near Saray Kala Khan in Jehangir Pura area , where at the main entrance both police and Shiates private security personnels gaurded the entrance, when the teenager was stoped for checking he pushed himself into the Imam Barghah and started abusing the Zakir(preacher) and then started firing at him,upon this people tried to over power him but he blew himself up.Secources has confirmed that up to 12 kgs of explosive were used in the occurance .To probe the case from different angles a committee has been formed which will be headed by Ghulam Hussain capital police officer investigation wing.