MUZAFFARGARH: Police have arrested 15 people including three brothers of the suspected suicide bomber who killed over 70 people at a park in Lahore on Sunday.
The bomber was identified as Yousuf, son of Ghulam Farid, a resident of district Muzzafargarh, born January 1, 1988.
Sources close to investigation said the 28 year old bomber was a resident of Muzaffargarh’s Fatah Suhrani area . The three brothers were taken into custody during a raid conducted by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of police.
According to preliminary investigation, the bomber had been teaching at a seminary for eight years in Lahore after completing his religious education in Dera Ghazi Khan.
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