Terror plot: Four suspects arrested in raid
Around 130 kilogrammes of explosive materials were seized from the suspects.
Four suspects arrested in raid. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Security agencies claimed to have arrested four suspects during a raid in Tarnol on Sunday night, several hours before a suicide attack in Rawalpindi on Monday morning that killed at least 13 people.
This is the second time in the past week that intelligence agencies have arrested terror suspects from the federal capital. On Wednesday, agencies arrested Lutfullah a suspected militant from Swat, in the Industrial Area police jurisdiction in a similar raid. However, no explosives were recovered during that raid.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 21st, 2014.
Security agencies claimed to have arrested four suspects during a raid in Tarnol on Sunday night, several hours before a suicide attack in Rawalpindi on Monday morning that killed at least 13 people.
According to sources privy to the raid’s details, around 130 kilogrammes of explosive materials were seized from the suspects. Around 1,100 metres of detonating cord were also recovered.
The arrested men were suspected of planning a terrorist attack in the capital and are believed to be from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, sources said. The suspects have been shifted to an undisclosed location and investigation is under way.
This is the second time in the past week that intelligence agencies have arrested terror suspects from the federal capital. On Wednesday, agencies arrested Lutfullah a suspected militant from Swat, in the Industrial Area police jurisdiction in a similar raid. However, no explosives were recovered during that raid.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 21st, 2014.