Islamabad mosque bomberZaka Ullah was resident of Chak no. 239 of tehsil bhawana in Chiniot district of Punjab. | SAMAA TV

Islamabad mosque bomber identified, caught on CCTV | SAMAA TV

ISLAMABAD: The suicide bomber whose attack on a mosque in Islamabad was foiled on Friday has been identified as 28-year-old Zaka Ullah, SAMAA reported. Sources said that Zaka Ullah was resident of Chak no. 239 of tehsil bhawana in Chiniot district of Punjab. With seven sons in a local seminary, they said the terrorist had a religious family background. On Friday, a video footage of the bomber was obtained by SAMAA from three CCTV cameras installed inside the mosque. A major terrorism attempt was foiled on Friday afternoon when he was gunned down, by security guards while trying to enter a mosque in Bara Kahu, a village on the northeastern outskirts of Islamabad. He could not explode his jacket. A guard was killed in an exchange of fire with the bomber before he was shot dead. - SAMAA