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[DAWN] Law-enforcement agencies claimed on Monday to have tossed in the calabooseDrop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
one of the ring leaders allegedly involved in the Dec 16 gruesome attack on the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
Army Public School.
The suspect had been living in Pawakki village of Peshawar as an internally displaced person. He was arrested during an intelligence-based operation, according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The suspect has been identified as 27-year-old Taj Mohammad alias Rizwan, a resident of Sipah, Koi Chow, Bara, Khyber tribal region. The statement described Taj Mohammad as the main executor in the Dec 16 attack.
He was one of the leaders of a second group which attacked the school. The group was led by Atiqueur Rehman alias Usman who had already been arrested.
During interrogation, the statement said, Taj Mohammad had confessed to have been involved in a number of terrorist attacks in North Wazoo Agency and in the outskirts of Peshawar and that he had been affiliated with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) since 2008.