Baloch­istan home minist­er says the two suspec­ts were bringi­ng suicid­e bomber­s from Afghan­istanBalochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti claimed to have arrested two suspected facilitators of the suicide attack that martyred DIG Telecommunications Hamid Shakeel Sabir and two of his colleagues in Quetta last month. The suspects were involved in bringing suicide bombers from Afghanistan, said the minister, adding that they were also involved in other terrorist attacks in the province. DIG, two others martyred in QuettaThe outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan had claimed responsibility for the attack. In an apparent attempt to dispel the perception of ethnic violence in Balochistan, Bugti said “no Baloch has ever killed a Punjabi… but, Pakistanis are being killed by terrorists”. Terrorists were using Afghanistan’s soil for carrying out terrorist acts in Pakistan, he said, adding that the arrested suspects had also received Rs50,000 each for the Quetta police attack.

Source: The Express Tribune December 05, 2017 12:22 UTC