Main accused of APS attack arrested: ISPR

RAWALPINDI: One of the main executors of the Army Public School (APS) attack in Peshawar has been arrested.

The ISPR said on Monday that terrorist Taj Muhammad alias Rizwan was arrested by security forces in an intelligence based operation. Taj Muhammad was commander of the second group which attacked APS. The other terrorist group was being led by Atique Ur Rehman alias Usman who has already been apprehended by security forces.

27-year-old Taj Muhammad is resident of Sippah, Koi Chowk Bara Khyber. He had disguised himseld as an IDP in village Pawakai, Peshawar.

According to the ISPR, Taj Muhammad has confessed to his affiliation with Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan since 2008 and involvement in many other terrorist activities in North Wazristan and around Peshawar.

On December 16, terrorists carried out one of the most horrific attacks in the history of Pakistan. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists brutally killed over 150 people mostly children at the Army Public School.

Following the attack, government and political parties expressed a renewed resolve to fight terrorism in the country. The prime minister also lifted the moratorium on the death penalty in terrorism cases.