Dunya News - KP police nabs TTP commander involved in firing on PIA plane & arrest four terrorists, seize arms
- 10 years ago
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa police here on Wednesday arrested the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP’s) commander involved in PIA plane firing incident at Peshawar Airport.
According to police, Ali Hyder, commander of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Shahid group has been arrested.
Ali Hyder was involved in attacking the Pakistan International Airline (PIA) plane at Peshawar Bacha Khan International Airport in which a woman was killed and two crew members were injured.
Peshawar police on Wednesday also seized 5kg explosives along with two grenades from a vehicle and took at least four suspected terrorists into custody, Dunya News reported.
Police stopped the vehicle on Kohat Road to search over suspicion. Upon searching, two grenades, two pistols, a Kalashnikov, and five kilogram explosives were recovered. Police took all four persons in the car into custody. Those arrested were identified as Inayat, Sajid, Usman and Shah Hussain.
According to police, Ali Hyder, commander of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Shahid group has been arrested.
Ali Hyder was involved in attacking the Pakistan International Airline (PIA) plane at Peshawar Bacha Khan International Airport in which a woman was killed and two crew members were injured.
Peshawar police on Wednesday also seized 5kg explosives along with two grenades from a vehicle and took at least four suspected terrorists into custody, Dunya News reported.
Police stopped the vehicle on Kohat Road to search over suspicion. Upon searching, two grenades, two pistols, a Kalashnikov, and five kilogram explosives were recovered. Police took all four persons in the car into custody. Those arrested were identified as Inayat, Sajid, Usman and Shah Hussain.