LAHORE: Lahore CIA claimed to have arrested four terrorists of al-Qaeda group of Tehreek-e-Taliban involved in the attack on the under-training jails warders of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa staying in Rasool Park, Samanabad, under the supervision of National Academy for Jails Administration.
Police have also seized huge cache of weapons and grenades from the possession of the arrested persons. CIA SP Omar Virk told reporters on Monday that they had conducted a raid on Minar-e-Pakistan on a tip-off that some terrorists of al-Qaeda group were coming there to meet their accomplice.
Police arrested four alleged terrorists named Karamat alias Goshi, Zulfiqar alias Zulfi, Afzal alias Suhail and Abdul Hafeez alias Umair. During initial interrogations, the arrested accused persons disclosed that theircommander named Afzaal had ordered them to attack on jail warders in which they had killed 10 officials and injured 22 others. They said that their Ameer named Junaid had conducted reconnaissance of the warders’ hostel for attack.
They have also disclosed that they had also targeted army men in Gujrat at the bridge of the River Chenab. Further investigations are underway.
(The News)
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