Islamabad police arrest three, recover 100kg of explosives
Police say they recovered several bags filled with explosives, wires, a complete system which can detonate explosives.
Police recovered fuses, detonators, wires and other bomb-making material. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Islamabad police have arrested three men and seized 100 kilogrammes of explosives in a raid in the capital, officers said on Tuesday, a day after deadly attacks on the military in Rawalpindi.
The swoop on Monday at a house in Tarnol, in the city's southwest, also recovered fuses, detonators, wires and other bomb-making material, police said.
"They had several bags filled with explosives. They had wires and a complete system which can detonate the explosive," a police official told AFP, requesting anonymity.
Rab Nawaz, the officer investigating the case, confirmed the arrests and recovery of the explosives and told AFP that a case has been registered against the three accused.
"They had rented a house and had everything they needed to detonate explosives," Nawaz said.
A suicide attack on Monday in a market next to the military's headquarters had killed 13 people including eight soldiers and three children.
On Sunday, a vehicle-borne suicide bomb in Bannu had killed 26 members of the Frontier Corps, the deadliest attack on Pakistan's military in several years.
Islamabad police have arrested three men and seized 100 kilogrammes of explosives in a raid in the capital, officers said on Tuesday, a day after deadly attacks on the military in Rawalpindi.
The swoop on Monday at a house in Tarnol, in the city's southwest, also recovered fuses, detonators, wires and other bomb-making material, police said.
"They had several bags filled with explosives. They had wires and a complete system which can detonate the explosive," a police official told AFP, requesting anonymity.
Rab Nawaz, the officer investigating the case, confirmed the arrests and recovery of the explosives and told AFP that a case has been registered against the three accused.
"They had rented a house and had everything they needed to detonate explosives," Nawaz said.
A suicide attack on Monday in a market next to the military's headquarters had killed 13 people including eight soldiers and three children.
On Sunday, a vehicle-borne suicide bomb in Bannu had killed 26 members of the Frontier Corps, the deadliest attack on Pakistan's military in several years.