JAMRUD: Levies and Khasadar forces arrested four alleged suicide bombers from Jamrud's Shaks area and also recovered five suicide bomb vests from them on Friday.
According to details, law enforcement personnel arrested four alleged suicide bombers from Jamrud in Khyber Agency. Five suicide vests or explosive belts were recovered from the alleged militants filled with 25 kilograms of explosive material. Levies and Khasadar forces had acted on intelligence reports.
On this occasion, Assistant Political Agent Ziaullah Marwat held a press conference and revealed that terrorists wanted to cause destruction at a large scale. He said that terrorists caught in the operation were being apprehended and that the law enforcement agencies were not negligent regarding their duties. Marwat also disclosed how these militants planned to carry out a terrorist attack on Pakistan's Independence Day.
Law enforcement agencies in Pakistan have been vigilant and conducting raids to arrest suspicious persons after Monday's Quetta blast, which claimed the lives of more than seventy people and injured dozens of others.
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