Five terrorists killed in Badhaber base attack identified
Sources say three terrorists belonged to Khyber Agency while two were from Swat district
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Five TTP-linked terrorists who were killed in the Badhaber base attack on Friday have been identified through their fingerprints, Express News reported on Sunday.
Ibrahim, Siraj, Rabnawaz, Adnan and Muhammad Ishaq have been identified as five of the 14 terrorists who were killed following an attack on a PAF base in Peshwar early on Friday.
"Three of them belonged to Khyber Agency while the other two were from Swat district," a source said.
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Further, investigative authorities wrote a letter to the political administration of Khyber Agency seeking details of the families and relatives of the terrorists.
Earlier today, a postmortem examination of the bodies of all 14 terrorists was conducted which were later buried in a Badhaber graveyard. The source said the attackers appeared to be aged between 19 to 27 years.
On Saturday, police rounded up dozens of suspects and a case was registered against them. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) registered the FIR under terrorism charges on the complaint of the Badhaber camp commandant. “The FIR has been registered and the CTD will investigate the matter,” an official of the Badhaber police station had confirmed The Express Tribune.
Further, in a search operation launched by the Badhaber police around the airbase, 28 suspects, including some Afghan refugees, had been taken into custody for interrogation. Police and security forces also launched joint search operations in the cantonment area and the PAF airbase in Kohat, arresting another 96 suspects with weapons, including repeaters, Kalashnikovs, shotguns and pistols.
Read: At least 29 killed, including army captain, as militants attack PAF base in Peshawar
On Friday, at least 29 people, including an army captain, were killed as militants attacked a heavily-guarded Pakistan Air Force base in Badhaber area on the outskirts of Peshawar, senior security officials had said.
Ibrahim, Siraj, Rabnawaz, Adnan and Muhammad Ishaq have been identified as five of the 14 terrorists who were killed following an attack on a PAF base in Peshwar early on Friday.
"Three of them belonged to Khyber Agency while the other two were from Swat district," a source said.
Read: Badhaber base attack: Dozens picked up as investigation opens
Further, investigative authorities wrote a letter to the political administration of Khyber Agency seeking details of the families and relatives of the terrorists.
Earlier today, a postmortem examination of the bodies of all 14 terrorists was conducted which were later buried in a Badhaber graveyard. The source said the attackers appeared to be aged between 19 to 27 years.
On Saturday, police rounded up dozens of suspects and a case was registered against them. The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) registered the FIR under terrorism charges on the complaint of the Badhaber camp commandant. “The FIR has been registered and the CTD will investigate the matter,” an official of the Badhaber police station had confirmed The Express Tribune.
Further, in a search operation launched by the Badhaber police around the airbase, 28 suspects, including some Afghan refugees, had been taken into custody for interrogation. Police and security forces also launched joint search operations in the cantonment area and the PAF airbase in Kohat, arresting another 96 suspects with weapons, including repeaters, Kalashnikovs, shotguns and pistols.
Read: At least 29 killed, including army captain, as militants attack PAF base in Peshawar
On Friday, at least 29 people, including an army captain, were killed as militants attacked a heavily-guarded Pakistan Air Force base in Badhaber area on the outskirts of Peshawar, senior security officials had said.