Brave souls
Friday, December 04, 2009
The two navy personnel who died when they stopped and checked a teenage suicide bomber, who blew himself up as he was being searched, are heroes. Through their timely intervention they prevented the terrorist entering the Naval Headquarters in Islamabad. Other security men who have died at check posts too deserve our thanks. There is evidence that these guards, who have so often died in bomb attacks, are doing a commendable job. In the event of the latest bombing they acted on the tip-off of an alert passer-by and searched a boy loitering near the entrance to the Naval Headquarters. Views vary as to whether his target was a senior navy officer or a school run within the premises of the headquarters. One schoolboy was injured. But had the bomber been able to enter the toll could have been much higher.