ISLAMABAD: Police yesterday arrested a suspected militant in the Pakistani capital and seized suicide bomb making material to be used in a possible terror strike in the city, officials said. “We have arrested a suspect from near Aabpara Market,” a police official told AFP.
“The man belongs to South Waziristan and he was carrying two hand grenades, detonators, a switch used in suicide jackets, batteries, wires and explosives,” the official said on condition of anonymity. Islamabad’s Aabpara Market is a busy marketplace close to sensitive Red Zone that houses key government buildings and embassies. According to the initial investigation, the suspect was due to meet another man in the capital to assemble a suicide bombing jacket. AFP
