new delhi: hours after the attack on the parliament house, no militant group has claimed responsibility but intelligence agencies suspect the hand of lashkar-e-taiba and jaish-e-mohammad, the two terrorist outfits banned under the prevention of terrorism ordinance. related stories security analysts saw a number of similarities in the attacks on parliament house and that on the jammu and kashmir assembly building in srinagar on october one resulting in the death of 38 people.
as in the case of the srinagar attack, the terrorists came in a vehicle to the parliament house entrance. while one blew himself up for maximum impact, the others stormed into the complex, much like what had happened in srinagar. the jaish-e-mohammad had then immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, much to the embarrassment of pakistan. subsequently, however, they had withdrawn the claim in a statement from pakistan. intelligence sources said in recent weeks they had information that parliament house could be a target. the sources, quoting intercepts of communication between militant groups, pointed towards the lashkar and jaish outfits as being behind thursday's attack.