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CTD arrests four TTP ‘terrorists’ involved in Shangla suicide attack on Chinese engineers

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PESHAWAR: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested four terrorists on Monday involved in a suicide attack on Chinese engineers in Shangla District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which killed five Chinese citizens and a Pakistani driver on March 26.

The arrested militants, who purportedly confessed their involvement in the tragic incident, were associated with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and other terrorists of their same network were also identified, the CTD spokesperson said.

Furthermore, a CTD spokesperson said, all four individuals are reported to be residents of Mansehra and identified as Mohammad Shafiq Qureshi, Zahid Qureshi, and Nazir Hussain, alongside the prime accused Adil Shahbaz hailing from Jalalabad, Afghanistan.

The investigation revealed that the explosive-laden vehicle used in the deadly attack was prepared in Afghanistan and was subsequently transported to Dera Ismail Khan via the Pak-Afghan Chaman border crossing in Balochistan. From there, the vehicle was transported to Chakdara in Lower Dir for which the driver was paid Rs250,000, the CTD sources said.

Security forces had also arrested the facilitator responsible for transporting the vehicle from Chaman to Chakdara.

Investigation team sources said that the car was then brought to the incident site on the day of the attack after being parked for 10 days at the cost of Rs500 per day.

The mastermind of the attack, Hazrat Bilal, is also wanted by the security forces for his involvement in the Dasu dam attack, the sources added. Earleir, CTD has arrested more than 10 terrorists, facilitators involved in the attack on April 1.

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