Islamabad, Nov 14: Pakistan on Friday said that security agencies have arrested four militants belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) for their involvement in a suicide attack outside a court in Islamabad.
Twelve people were killed and 36 others injured on Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives near the entrance of the Islamabad District Judicial Complex in the G-11 area of the capital.
In a statement on social media, the government said that four militants were arrested in a joint operation conducted by the Intelligence Bureau Division and the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD).
During the investigation, the handler of the suicide bomber, identified as Sajidullah alias Sheena, confessed that TTP commander Saeedur Rehman alias Daadullah contacted him through the Telegram app to carry out a suicide attack in Islamabad to cause maximum casualties of law enforcement agencies, Dawn reported, citing the statement.
Daadullah sent pictures of the suicide bomber, identified as Usman alias Qari, to Sheena. On the directives of the TTP commander, Sheena collected a suicide jacket from a graveyard in Peshawar and brought it to Islamabad, the statement said.
On Tuesday, the handler “set the suicide jacket” on the suicide bomber, it added.
“The network was handled and guided at every step by the TTP high command based in Afghanistan. The entire cell involved in the incident, including its commander and three other members, has been arrested,” the statement said. “Investigations are continuing, and more revelations and arrests are expected,” it added. (PTI)
