ISLAMABAD, Jan 29 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani security forces reportedly busted a network of suicide bombers, local media reported yesterday.
Local media, quoting security officials, reported that, the security agencies conducted a series of operations last week, after getting intelligence reports about the presence of a network of suicide bombers.
The operations were conducted in the aftermath of a suicide bombing, at a check post in the Jamrud area of Khyber district, in the country’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Jan 19, which killed three policemen.
The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
Following the attack, security forces started an operation to trace the perpetrators and facilitators.
Modern technology, geo-fencing and closed-circuit television footage, revealed that, a terrorist of the TTP, identified as Umar, was involved in the suicide attack, said the reports.
During an intelligence-based operation on Jan 23, the security forces arrested two terrorists, who gave a tip to the forces, to conduct two more operations on Friday, leading to the arrest of four suicide bombers, added the reports.
The security forces also confiscated a big cache of weapons, ammunition, and explosive materials from the terrorist group.– NNN-APP
