巴基斯坦军方官员表示,上周五的一次反恐行动中,抓获一名属于伊斯兰国组织的女性自杀炸弹手,她原本图谋在拉合尔星期天复活节庆祝活动中攻击一座教堂。
陆军发言人贾弗尔星期一在记者会上确认嫌犯为诺琳·勒加里,表示她仍然在接受调查。
有关官员表示,这名年轻女子已经告诉调查人员,伊斯兰国人员通过社交媒体和她接触并灌输激进思想。
贾弗尔将军还反驳了有关诺琳曾前往叙利亚并在伊斯兰国恐怖营地接受训练的报道指称。他说,目前搜集到的证据表明她从未去过叙利亚。
这位发言人公布了一段诺琳的视频认罪声明,她表示,她在巴基斯坦南部海德拉巴德的一所医学院读书,最近才和其他两名共犯搬到拉合尔,准备实施恐怖阴谋。
Military officials in Pakistan say a would-be Islamic State female suicide bomber had planned to assault a church during Eastern celebrations Sunday in Lahore before a counterterrorism raid captured her this past Friday.
Army spokesman General Asif Ghafoor at a news conference Monday identified the suspect as Naureen Leghari, saying she is still under investigation.
The young woman, officials say, has told investigators she was contacted and radicalized by IS operatives through social media.
General Ghafoor also dismissed reported claims that Naureen had traveled to Syria and received training at IS-run terror camps there. He said the evidence collected so far has established she never went to Syria.
The spokesman released a video confessional statement in which Naureen says she was studying in a medical college in the southern city of Hyderabad and only recently moved to Lahore with two other accomplices to execute the terrorist plot.