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RAWALPINDI: Teams investigating Fridays attack on the Parade Lane mosque have picked up at least six people, including the last registered owner of the car allegedly used by militants for travelling from the NWFP to Rawalpindi.
Regional police officer Mohammad Aslam Khan Tareen confirmed on Saturday that five to six suspects had been detained in connection with the incident in which 40 people were killed.
Amid extraordinary security measures, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and top military officials joined hundreds of friends, colleagues and family members at funerals of those killed in the attack.
Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said that such acts of cowardice would not dent the resolve of the armed forces and the nation to fight terrorism.
Mohammad Imran, the last registered owner of the car, was picked up from his house in Islamabads Sector G-11.
A security official said Imran had sold the car in 2004. It was later resold to five other parties on 'open transfer letters'.
A source said the investigators had recovered a telephone set from the car which helped them to trace last calls made by the terrorists. One such call was made to Mir Ali, in South Waziristan, and the other to one in Afghanistan.
In Lahore, Lt-Col Fakharul Hasan and his two sons flying officer Minhajul Hasan and 12-year-old Saadul Hasan who lost their lives in the attack were buried at the armys Cavalry Ground graveyard on Saturday with full military honour.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Mosque attack: six suspects picked up
Regional police officer Mohammad Aslam Khan Tareen confirmed on Saturday that five to six suspects had been detained in connection with the incident in which 40 people were killed.
Amid extraordinary security measures, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and top military officials joined hundreds of friends, colleagues and family members at funerals of those killed in the attack.
Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani said that such acts of cowardice would not dent the resolve of the armed forces and the nation to fight terrorism.
Mohammad Imran, the last registered owner of the car, was picked up from his house in Islamabads Sector G-11.
A security official said Imran had sold the car in 2004. It was later resold to five other parties on 'open transfer letters'.
A source said the investigators had recovered a telephone set from the car which helped them to trace last calls made by the terrorists. One such call was made to Mir Ali, in South Waziristan, and the other to one in Afghanistan.
In Lahore, Lt-Col Fakharul Hasan and his two sons flying officer Minhajul Hasan and 12-year-old Saadul Hasan who lost their lives in the attack were buried at the armys Cavalry Ground graveyard on Saturday with full military honour.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Mosque attack: six suspects picked up
