IED event in Islamabad, Islamabad area, Pakistan on Thu 9th February 2023

The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) and other security agencies on February 9, neutralised a suicide attack plan in the twin cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad by arresting two Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists during a joint operation in Police Lines area of Rawalpindi city in Punjab, reports Samaa TV. According to a spokesman, the terrorists had planned suicide attacks on Saddar Bairuni Police Station, Rawalpindi District Courts and St PaulÕs Church. The terrorists, along with their local facilitators, had conducted a recce of all the targets and sent their pictures to the Afghanistan-base operated by the Haji Faqir group. Sensitive documents, arms, ammunition, modern weapons and satellite phones were recovered from the arrested terrorists.