Over 100 tonnes of explosives seized in Quetta

Quetta – August 20 |

Frontier Corps (FC) have seized over 100 tonnes of explosive material from Satellite town in Pashtun-abad area of Quetta. According to FC, this is the largest cache of explosives seized in Pakistan’s history.

Highlights

Over 100 tonnes (or 104,480 kgs) of explosives
Same explosives have been used in Hazara Town attack on Feb 16, 2013 killing over 100 Hazaras
10 people have been detained in connection with the explosives including:
- 8 target killers
- Former City Nazim of Quetta, Mir Maqbool Lehri of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). The warehouse, housing the explosives, belongs to Mr. Lehri.
- Qari Bilal, master mind of Hazara town blast belonging to a Lashkar-e Jhangvi terrorists, detained from Lahore.
Location of Warehouse: Farooq Azam Chowk (roundabout), Satellite town, Pashtun Abad
Explosive details (sources: Qudrat and Jang; See links below):
- 104,480 kgs of explosives
- 80 home made “Drum bombs” each with 1000 kg of explosives (as used in Hazara town attack on Feb 16, 2013)
- 35 tonnes of Potassium chloride
- 25 tonnes of Ammunium chloride
- 1535 kg of Ammunium powder
- 250 kg of Ammunium Nitrate
- 80 kg of Wood mill (?)
- 78 bundles of wires used in suicide jackets
- 36 RCD and remote controls
- 28 Mixers