Other MoA event in Islamabad, Shakarparian area, Pakistan on Tue 29th March 2022

Four terrorists belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were arrested for allegedly trying to target political gatherings in the capitalIslamabad on March 29, reports Dawn. According to the first information report (FIR), station house officer (SHO) of Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Police Station got a tip about the presence of some suspects with explosives in Shakarparian and that they were planning a terrorist attack. The SHO along with other policemen was on surveillance duty at Srinagar Highway near Zero Point at that time and shortly reached the area, the FIR said, adding that five suspects were spotted there. Four of them were caught while one managed to escape, the FIR said, adding that the four suspects were residents of different areas of the capital. During search, a shopping bag was recovered from them that had explosives weighing 500 grams, two detonators, iron nails of different sizes and ball bearings weighing 450g.