TTP behind attacks on gas pipelines: CID

SSP Fayyaz Khan says the TTP were behind recent attacks on gas pipelines in NIPA and Qayyumabad.

KARACHI: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday in a statement suggested that the Pakistani Taliban were involved in recent attacks on gas installations in Karachi, The News reported.

SSP Fayyaz Khan claimed that terrorists from the Mehsud group of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were behind the attacks.

He added that the TTP are operating in small, splintered groups in Karachi.

SP Mazhar Mahwani added that militants are aiming to gather their strength in the outskirts of Karachi, such as Ittehad Town, Sohrab Goth and other squatter settlements.