{"id":18447,"date":"2026-02-07T05:49:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=18447"},"modified":"2026-02-07T05:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:49:25","slug":"islamabad-mosque-explosion-suspect-identified-as-yaser-khan-yaser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/02\/07\/islamabad-mosque-explosion-suspect-identified-as-yaser-khan-yaser\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamabad mosque explosion: Suspect identified as Yaser Khan Yaser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Yaser Khan Yaser, a resident of Peshawar was the perpetrator of the deadly explosion that took place in Islamabad in a mosque yesterday, Pakistani media reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistani media have reported the latest information regarding the perpetrator of the deadly explosion that took place yesterday in Islamabad, identifying him as &#8220;Yaser Khan Yaser,&#8221; a resident of Peshawar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Express Tribune published a report early today, stating that Pakistani intelligence sources are investigating the connection between the bomber and ISIS due to his &#8220;Salafi&#8221; leanings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to intelligence sources, efforts are underway to identify the network behind this attack, including any facilitators, leaders, and potential foreign connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Talal Chaudhry, a senior official from Pakistan&#8217;s Interior Ministry, has acknowledged during investigations that the attacker is not an Afghan citizen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The explosion at a Shiite mosque in Islamabad resulted in the deaths of over 30 individuals and injured around 170 others, prompting widespread reactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attack occurred just two days after 11 members of ISIS were reported killed near a police station in Peshawar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Yaser Khan Yaser, a resident of Peshawar was the perpetrator of the deadly explosion that took place in Islamabad in a mosque yesterday, Pakistani media reported. Pakistani media have reported the latest information regarding the perpetrator of the deadly explosion that took place yesterday in Islamabad, identifying him as &#8220;Yaser Khan Yaser,&#8221; a resident [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18449,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18447\/revisions\/18449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}