Two would-be suicide bombers arrested in Karachi

Two Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants, who were arrested from Sohrab Goth, have exposed that they were trained in Pakistan and Afghanistan. They confessed that they got arms training from Afghanistan. The Anti-Extremism Cell (AEC) of the Sindh polices Crime Investigation Department (CID) arrested two TTP militants identified as Sher Rehman and Zainullah alias Bilal during a raid and recovered the boy identified as Mohammad Salam, who was being prepared for a suicide-bombing mission. A 22 kg suicide vest, three hand grenades, one Kalashnikov and one TT pistol were recovered from their posession. Preliminary investigation has revealed that the arrested militants were involved in various heinous crimes. They also worked for the banned religious outfit of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and often visited slain Baitullah Mehsud, Qari Hussain Mehsud and other prominent TTP commanders including Wahab Mehsud in South Waziristan to share terror related information. The suspects also revealed during the interrogation that they slaughtered one of their accomplices, Shahid alias Raangar, at Sohrab Goth. He was suspected of being involved with the agencies. He further said that other accomplices of the arrested militants including Umar Farooq, Gul Zareen and Zahir Shah managed to escape from the scene.