Seaview blast: Police arrest 5 men in late night raid
Owner of vehicle used in suicide blast arrested from Hyderabad along with four others.
KARACHI:
Five people, including the owner of the vehicle used in a suicide blast near Seaview in Karachi, were arrested from Hyderabad on Wednesday night.
The vehicle used in the Seaview suicide blast is registered to Maqbool Khokhar, a resident of the Khokhar Mohalla in Hyderabad.
The registration number of the vehicle is CN-5294.
Police and intelligence officials arrested five people including Maqbool Khokhar and his son, in a late-night raid in Hyderabad.
Police have shifted the suspects to an unknown location for investigation.
According to the police, no report of a stolen vehicle has been registered in any police station.
Four suicide bombers blew themselves up in their car when intercepted by police on Wednesday night in Karachi, also killing two policemen.
Police signalled a car to stop at a checkpoint, but the driver sped away and police chased them, he said, adding that when police cornered the vehicle, its occupants blew it up.
"We have found a suicide vest with explosives, hand grenades and other things from the wreckage of the vehicle," senior police official Shaukat Hussain told AFP.
"We have also found some human limbs and investigating if these were of another suicide bomber," he added.
Karachi has a history of suicide bombings and attacks on religious parades and Sufi shrines.
Five people, including the owner of the vehicle used in a suicide blast near Seaview in Karachi, were arrested from Hyderabad on Wednesday night.
The vehicle used in the Seaview suicide blast is registered to Maqbool Khokhar, a resident of the Khokhar Mohalla in Hyderabad.
The registration number of the vehicle is CN-5294.
Police and intelligence officials arrested five people including Maqbool Khokhar and his son, in a late-night raid in Hyderabad.
Police have shifted the suspects to an unknown location for investigation.
According to the police, no report of a stolen vehicle has been registered in any police station.
Four suicide bombers blew themselves up in their car when intercepted by police on Wednesday night in Karachi, also killing two policemen.
Police signalled a car to stop at a checkpoint, but the driver sped away and police chased them, he said, adding that when police cornered the vehicle, its occupants blew it up.
"We have found a suicide vest with explosives, hand grenades and other things from the wreckage of the vehicle," senior police official Shaukat Hussain told AFP.
"We have also found some human limbs and investigating if these were of another suicide bomber," he added.
Karachi has a history of suicide bombings and attacks on religious parades and Sufi shrines.