No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but one of the top military commanders in Baluchistan, General Sher Afgun, told media that calls intercepted between the attackers and their handlers suggested they were from the sectarian militant group, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.
Par uzbrukumu neviens grupējums atbildību nav uzņēmies, tomēr viens no armijas komandieriem ģenerālis Šers Afguns pavēstīja, ka, noklausoties uzbrucēju telefonsarunas, izdevies uzzināt, ka tie bijuši no kaujinieku grupējuma "Lashkar-e-Jhangvi".