The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Sindh Police officials have claimed that they have seized an improvised explosive device (IED) made from a mortar shell.
“The type of explosive device recovered from Shiraz has never been used in terrorism before,” the CTD officer told The Express Tribune. “It is company-made mortar shell attached to an IED. Two detonators are used in the device which was attached to a 15-second timer and a remote control.”
According to CTD sources, it was highly unlikely for an ordinary terrorist to make such an explosive device. It must have been prepared by an explosives expert. “It was skillfully defused by the CTD,” the officer said.
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Source: The Express Tribune