'Peshawar airport attackers identified'

Provincial Minister for Information, Mian Iftikhar Hussain Tuesday informed the provincial assembly that identity of terrorists who attacked Bacha Khan Airport and fought fierce gun battle on next day with security forces in a village located in the vicinity of the airport has been ascertained. Speaking in provincial assembly, Information Minister said the blood samples of the killed terrorists have been sent for DNA test and soon reports will be received. About the identity of terrorists, he said among those who were killed during encounter with security forces while attacking airport two were Chechens and three were Pakistanis. While those who were killed in encounter in Pawaka village one was Pakistani, one from Kirghizstan, one from Daghistan, one Uzbek and one Chechen, he added. He said it is very encouraging that public has also raised hands against the terrorists and fully supported the government in fight against militants. Mian Iftikhar said the attackers on Airport were trained people and it seems that militancy has dying down as trained people are usually used as a last option. About the tattoos on the body of killed terrorists, Mian Iftikhar said according to religious scholars such type of paintings on human body are strictly prohibited.