Combing operation 13 suspects rounded up in Quetta
At least seven members of armed groups and nine foreigners were among those nabbed in the Mastung operation
QUETTA:
Frontier Corps soldiers and policemen rounded up 13 suspects from the Kharotabad area as part of the ongoing combing operation in Quetta on Saturday.
At least 300 FC personnel of FC and policemen took part in the operation, said the FC spokesman. Weapons were also seized during the exercise.
On Friday, a massive security sweep was launched in the Kanak area of Mastung district, leading to the arrest of 27 suspects, four of them alleged facilitators of the deadly suicide bombing on the Civil Hospital Quetta.
At least seven members of armed groups and nine foreigners were among those nabbed in the Mastung operation.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 21st, 2016.
Frontier Corps soldiers and policemen rounded up 13 suspects from the Kharotabad area as part of the ongoing combing operation in Quetta on Saturday.
At least 300 FC personnel of FC and policemen took part in the operation, said the FC spokesman. Weapons were also seized during the exercise.
On Friday, a massive security sweep was launched in the Kanak area of Mastung district, leading to the arrest of 27 suspects, four of them alleged facilitators of the deadly suicide bombing on the Civil Hospital Quetta.
At least seven members of armed groups and nine foreigners were among those nabbed in the Mastung operation.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 21st, 2016.