Two terror suspects linked to attack on security forces held

PESHAWAR: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Khyber Pakhtunkwa police on Sunday claimed to have arrested two terror suspects during a raid in Dera Ismail Khan.

According to a CTD official, the arrested suspects were behind a terror attack on security personnel back in 2015.

At least three personnel of police and two of the Frontier Corps (FC) had embraced martyrdom as a result of the attack.

Earlier, the CTD had arrested a facilitator of the terror attack on Peshawar’s Agricultural Directorate in which nine people were killed and thirty eight others injured.

According to CTD, the man identified as Muhammad Yasir was taken into custody near Larma camp and belongs to Bajaur Agency.

In December, at least nine were killed and 38 injured when five burqa-clad terrorists had stormed the Agriculture Directorate located in front of Peshawar University.