Terrorist linked to banned outfit arrested in Karachi

KARACHI (HRNW) The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed to arrest a member of the banned organization Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in a raid at Karachi’s old Sabzi Mandi area.

According to the details, the CTD officials arrested an individual, named Izzat, the leader of the banned organization Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) operating in Matta town, Swat.

The CTD officials stated that the accused during the interrogation confessed his involvement in several terrorist activities including the attack on the house of the former federal minister Wazir Afzal Khan Lala, the attack on Pakistan’s security forces, and the attack on Matta police station.

The CTD officials also recovered a large number of weapons and ammunition from the possession of the arrested accused.