TTP confirms image released on social media is Mehsud’s

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Monday confirmed an image released on the social media of its slain leader Hakimullah Mehsud captured just before his burial.

The image, which shows the former TTP chief with stains of blood over his beard and coagulated nosebleed, went viral across the social media.
According to reports, Mehsud’s abdomen and chest were badly wounded in the drone attack that became the cause of his death.
Analysts say the TTP released the image on the social media so that Mehsud’s followers and sympathisers could have an “Akhri Deedar” (Seeing the face of the dead for the last time before burial).
Mehsud was killed in a US drone strike in Dande Darpakhel area of the North Waziristan tribal region on Friday.

Source: PakistanToday.com.pk