SUKKUR: Senior Suprintendent of Police (SSP) Shikarpur Saqib Ismael Memon has said that two men suspected of facilitating the January 30 Shikarpur Imambargah attack have been arrested in a raid on Friday night.
SSP in a Press Conference at his office said the suspects were arrested after being identified by the already arrested other suspects during interrogation.
He said that the Shikarpur police in a raid in village Abdul Khaliq Kambrani near Sultankot, Shikarpur managed to arrest two persons who played the role of facilitator for the suicide bomber in Imambargah Karbala-e- Maula attack. A drum full of explosive materials, detonators and other items used for preparing bombs was also recovered, the SSP added.
At least 64 people were killed and many others wounded when a deadly suicide blast ripped through the Imambargah during Friday prayers late last month. The outlawed Jundullah militant group had claimed responsibility for the attack, SSP informed.
The police officials presented both the arrested persons before the media, with their faces covered with black cloth. They were identified as Ghulam Rasool Brohi, a resident of Khanpur, and Khalil Brohi, belonging to Dera Murad Jamali of Balochistan.
SSP Memon said that one person from Khasti Brohi village near Khanpur was arrested, on whose pointation the security officials leant about the new suspects and their whereabouts.
According to SSP Shikarpur, during interrogation, the alleged facilitators also confessed to killing a religious leader Shafqat Hussain Mutahiri near Khanpur some two months ago.
He further said that the two had also planned to attack a rally of religious activists after Imambargah bombing through a pressure-cooker bomb, but failed to carry out the attack.
The SSP said the accused belonged to the outlawed outfits Lashkar-e- Jhangvi and Jaish-e-Islam. Their third accomplice, Ali Sher Brohi, is absconding and raids are being conducted to arrest him.
Giving details about the suicide bomber, SSP Memon said that Mohammad Ilyas, a resident of Quetta, was brought to Shikarpur by Mohammad Raheem, who handed him over to the two accused presented before the media. The age of the suicide bomber was estimated to be between 18 and 20 years and before carrying out the attack on Imambargah, Ilyas stayed for a week with Ghulam Rasool and Khalil.
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