Youngsters with explosive-laden school bags set for suicide strikes across Pak Punjab

Lahore, Apr.8 (ANI): Pakistani intelligence agencies have warned of new tactics being adopted by militants, according to which they may use school bags to trigger devastating blasts instead of suicide vests.

Sources said that intelligence agencies have warned the concerned authorities that militants may use youngsters with school bags as suicide bombers to target important installations in Punjab and other regions of the country.

Banned terror groups including the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jaish-e-Muhammad, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Harkat Al-Mujahideen, and Harkat Al-Ansar have sent suicide bombers to different cities of the Punjab province, including Lahore, The Daily Times reports.

Earlier, intelligence agencies also warned of possible terror strikes in Karachi's commercial hub, the Bohri Bazaar area, in the month of April.

According to sources, agencies have received intelligence inputs regarding possible terror attacks by the Taliban within a week.

Sources said intelligence agencies in their communiqué to the concerned authorities have also warned that militants fighting in the law less tribal region have already sent suicide bombers to wreak havoc in the country's financial capital.

A top Sindh government official, who refused to be named, confirmed receiving the intelligence warning, and said police officials have been asked to beef up security across the region. (ANI)