Suspect was tasked with waging attacks on schools and seizing arms from the law enforcement in Karachi, states investigation...
KARACHI: Fazal Gul, a banned outfit affiliate arrested from Karachi yesterday, was plotting terror attacks in the megapolis, revealed an investigation report.
The suspect, affiliated with outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Swat chapter, turned out to be a close aide of TTP supremo Mullah Fazlullah, according to the report.
Gul was arrested by Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) personnel from Sohrab Goth, a restive neighborhood on the outskirts of Karachi.He was tasked with waging attacks on schools and seizing arms from the law enforcement.
The suspect had attacked aFrontier Corps (FC) checkpost in Char Bagh in which several FC men were killed,along with one of the assailants, read the report. He also bombed house of a local representative upon orders by the TTP chief.
The suspect was also involved in killing of FC personnel in Swat and a number of attacks on security forces and police in adjoining areas.