Islamabad, Apr. 16 (ANI): The Pakistani Taliban has denied anything to do with explosions that killed three people and wounded more than 100 in Boston.
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said the outfit believes in attacking the US and its allies but denied their involvement in the recent attack. Ehsan added that the TTP would continue to target the US wherever possible, reports The Express Tribune.
Monday's explosions at the Boston Marathon, one of America's top sporting events, forced cities from New York to Los Angeles to go on high alert and conjured up memories of the 9/1 attacks.
An internet video purportedly from the TTP claimed responsibility for a car bomb attempt in New York's Times Square on May 1, 2010, for which Pakistani-American Faisal Shahzad was jailed for life.
Shahzad said during his trial that he received bomb-making training during a 40-day stay with the TTP, but that on his return to the US he planned the bombing and acted alone.
The TTP is based in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on the Afghan border and has been blamed for some of the deadliest suicide attacks in Pakistan.
US President Barack Obama said it is not yet clear who was behind the blasts. He said the perpetrators would pay. (ANI)
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