(Xinhua) -- Another three conspirators allegedly involved in two suicide attacks in the capital in July were arrested on Wednesday, Islamabad Police Chief Iftikhar Ahmed Chaudhry said. Talking to reporters at a news briefing, Chaudhry said that the three were arrested from an area in Islamabad called Bhara Kahu on Wednesday. Chaudhry said that two suicide jackets, some hand grenades and pistols were also recovered from them. The Pakistani authorities confirmed Tuesday that the law enforcing agencies had arrested two terrorists who were directly involved in the Islamabad suicide bombing attacks in July. "I can say that the operating network has been busted and the immediate threat is at least reduced. There are five more people of this network who are still wanted by the police," Chaudhry said.
A suicide bomber blew himself up among a group of policemen during clashes at the Lal Masjid, or the Red Mosque, in Pakistan's capital Islamabad, killing at least 15 people and wounding scores of people on July 27. In another suicide bombing attack in Islamabad on July 17, at least 13 people were killed and more than 30 injured near the venue of convention of lawyers to celebrate the reinstatement of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Chaudhry said that precautionary measures would continue in future as threat had not completely ended.
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ISLAMABAD: The capital city police on Wednesday arrested three people allegedly involved in last monthÂ’s suicide attacks on a lawyersÂ’ convention in Islamabad and on the Police Training School in Sargodha, in which 44 people were killed. Islamabad Police Inspector General (IGP) Iftikhar Ahmad Chaudhry said at a press conference that Fasiullah and brothers Faisal Mushtaq and Qasim Mushtaq were arrested in the limits of Bhara Kahu Police Station. Two suicide jackets were seized from them, he said. The IGP said Fasiullah, believed to have links with Waziristan suicide attackers, could be the ringleader. He said the two Mushtaq brothers might have associations with Lal Masjid.
Fasiullah is from DI Khan and the two brothers from Alipur Frash, a village on the outskirts of Islamabad, he added. Earlier, on August 20, the police arrested Imdad Hussain and Nasir Mehmood for their alleged connections with terrorist activities. Chaudhry said two hand grenades and two pistols were recovered from them.
The IGP said police had “busted” a terrorist network in the city, but five members of the network were still at large. “I can say that the operating network has been busted and the immediate threat has at least been reduced. There are five more people of this network who are still wanted by the police.”