20 February 2017

News Story: Five facilitators of shrine suicide bombing arrested in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- At least five alleged facilitators involved in Thursday's fatal suicide bombing at a Shrine in south Pakistan have been arrested, local police authority said Sunday.

Inspector General A.D Khawaja, the Police Chief of Pakistan's southern Sindh province, said that three more alleged facilitators of the blast at the Lal Shahbaz Qalanadar shrine were nabbed in ongoing intelligence based operations, increasing the number of arrests to five on Sunday.

Thursday's suicide bombing has so far killed 88 persons and left over 200 others injured.

"Law enforcement agencies have conducted operations along the borders of Sindh and Balochistan provinces arresting three alleged facilitators belonging to Hafeez Barohi Group, a militant group tasked to organize Islamic State (IS) in Sindh," Khawaja said.

The police chief also said that security agencies have also identified the alleged bomber through recording of CCTV cameras installed at the Shrine, however, he declined to share any further details about the bomber and the investigation into the incident.

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