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India-Pakistan
Terror bids foiled, two suspects held: CTD
2023-02-10
[Dawn] The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) foiled an attempt of sabotage in the twin cities and arrested two ’most wanted terrorists’ of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
Pakistain (TTP) on Thursday.

The arrested suspects belonged to the Haji Faqir group of TTP and wanted to carry out suicide kabooms in the twin cities.

A front man for the CTD said with the help of other security agencies the CTD conducted an operation in Rawalpindi and arrested the two suspected terrorists. He identified them as Hayatullah and Wakil Khan.

The front man said during an investigation the suspects revealed that they wanted to target the Police lines headquarters in Rawalpindi and Islamabad and a cop shoppe and the district courts of Rawalpindi and other sensitive places.

They had scanned the places and sent its pictures to the TTP commander in Afghanistan, he added.

The front man said the Haji Faqir group was operating from Afghanistan. A case has been registered against the suspects and further investigation is in progress, he added.
Afghan Digest adds:
TTP plot foiled by Police in Rawalpindi when two TTP turbans from the Haji Fakir wing were arrested before carrying out a terror attack against the Saint Paul Church and Covenant School as well as several courts in Rawalpindi.
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