The radical Islamist militia Lashkar-e-Islam said that they had kidnapped the 20 Christians by mistake.
They regretted the inconvenience.
The Daily Times reported:
The Lashkar-e-Islam (LI) militia of tribal warlord Mangal Bagh has said it released all the Christians kidnapped unconditionally and that their kidnapping from Academy Town, Peshawar on Saturday night, was the result of a misunderstanding.
LI Bara ameer Haji Abdul Karim Afridi told reporters on Monday that the organisation regretted its actions. An informer had told their organisation that the people assembled in the house were engaged in ‘vulgarity’ following which immediate action was taken against them but without the consent of an LI shura.
