 Law-enforcement agencies have shifted six men, who were arrested on Monday morning in Dera Ismail Khan on suspicion of planning suicide attacks during Ashura, to Islamabad. The men were arrested in a raid by intelligence agencies in Nawab Zafar Colony. Six suicide belts and some videos were also retrieved. | Sources said the arrested men were believed to be members of the Baitullah Mehsud group. |
Sources said the arrested men were believed to be members of the Baitullah Mehsud group. They said that investigators were focusing on arresting more accomplices of the men in custody, as their arrest was followed by a suicide blast in Dera Ismael Khan’s Liaqat Park. Baitullah Mehsud is a leading Taliban commander in Waziristan. AFP reported that sectarian literature and a computer disk showing militants slaughtering two suspected government spies were also recovered from the suspects’ custody. “We believe the group was planning suicidal attacks in the country,” said the official. |