ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Tuesday claimed that the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) have arrested suspects involved in last week’s suicide bombing in Islamabad.
“The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) accepted the responsibility for the attack,” the minister told a private TV.
He said the “taxi driver is innocent”, and he was not involved in the attack as the suspects had taken the cab on rent from him. The suspects, according to Sanaullah, travelled from Kurram Agency to Rawalpindi.
Last Friday, a suicide attacker, riding a cab with a woman, blew himself up when four bike-riding cops of Eagle Squad intercepted them at Sector I-10/4 — sending the federal capital into a frenzy.
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As a result of the blast a police official was martyred, while seven — including a policeman and civilians were injured — police told the media. Later, a joint investigation team (JIT) was formed to probe the suicide bombing.
“We have rounded up four to five suspects and their handlers have also been apprehended,” the security czar said as several embassies — including the United States, Saudi Arabia and Australia — warned their citizens not to travel unnecessarily in the federal capital.
