ISLAMABAD -UNS: The suspects involved in the suicide attack in Islamabad last week — that left a policeman martyred and several injured — have been arrested, said Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah on Tuesday.
The incident, in which four police officers and two civilians were injured, took place in Islamabad’s I-10/4 sector on December 23. The police had said that a suicide attacker, riding a cab, blew himself up after the vehicle was stopped over suspicion.
The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had claimed responsibility for the attack.
In a tweet today, the interior minister confirmed that the miscreants and their handlers behind the attack had been arrested.
“The taxi driver was innocent. He was hired by the suspects and had no involvement [in the attack]. The terrorists moved from Kurram Agency and stayed in Rawalpindi. We have rounded up four to five people,” he said.
The development comes days after the Islamabad police formed a joint investigation team (JIT) to probe the bombing.
According to the notification, the JIT was constituted under Section 19-A of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 to investigate the case registered on Dec 23 on charges of 7ATA, along with PPC Section 302, 324, 427, and 4/5 Explosive Act at the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) police station, Islamabad.
