ISLAMABAD: A spokesperson of the Ministry of Interior on Sunday said it had been confirmed through DNA test that the second person killed in the US drone attack in Balochistan was Taliban’s Mullah Akhtar Mansour.
“It is confirmed that Mullah Mansour was killed in the US drone strike in Noshki area of Balochistan,” the spokesperson said.
He said the confirmation was made after conducting a DNA test of Mansour’s body and matching it with the DNA of a close relative of the deceased — who had come to claim the body.
“DNA of Mansour matched with one of his relative who came to receive his body from Afghanistan.” According to the spokesperson, the other person killed in the attack had also been identified.
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