Police here said on Sunday that they had arrested a suspected teenage would-be/likely suicide bomber and were still searching for two alleged accomplices. The arrest was made in village Abdul Khel in Dera Ismail Khan district, home to JUI leader Fazlur Rahman, who is said to be on a militant hit list, the officials said.
"Police have arrested a young boy, suspected of being a suicide bomber," senior police official Sarfraz Khan told AFP. "Police are looking for two other suspects."
A security official later told AFP that Fazl was the intended target, adding that a "suicide jacket" rigged with explosives was recovered from the suspect, who was not identified. "The suspect and two others were planning to assassinate Fazlur Rahman," the official said, quoting investigators.