Mastermind concerned in terrorist assault belongs to Daraban space of DI Khan, reveal paperwork
- Terrorist who carried out suicide assault belongs to Afghanistan.
- 5 TTP terrorists additionally embroiled on this assault.
- American-made weapons, ammunition recovered from terrorists.
The Counter-Terrorism Division (CTD) on Thursday arrested 9 terrorists together with the mastermind and 7 facilitators concerned within the lethal assault on the compound of safety forces in Dera Ismail Khan that left not less than 23 troopers martyred earlier this month.
In response to the CTD paperwork accessible with Geo Information, the mastermind concerned within the terrorist assault belongs to Daraban space of DI Khan whereas six terrorists concerned within the assault hail from Afghanistan.
As per the paperwork, Hasan alias Shakir, the terrorist who carried out the suicide assault, belongs to Afghanistan, and launched a video earlier than the assault, whereas the nationwide id card and domicile of the opposite suicide bomber killed within the assault, Sifat Ullah Marwat, additionally established that the attacker belongs to the neighbouring nation.
Geo Information has obtained paperwork of the suicide bomber Sifat Ullah, whereas the daddy of the suicide bomber Sifat Ullah has additionally confirmed his son’s reference to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban-led Afghan authorities).
In response to the paperwork, 5 terrorists of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Gandapur group have been additionally embroiled on this assault. US-made weapons and ammunition have been recovered as effectively from the terrorists.
Daraban suicide assault
At the least 23 troopers embraced martyrdom and lots of others have been injured when six suicide bombers rammed an explosive-laden truck right into a navy base within the troubled Daraban space of Dera Ismail Khan district early Tuesday, in response to safety officers.
“In early hours of December 12, 2023, a bunch of six terrorists attacked a safety forces submit within the Daraban space of Dera Ismail Khan. The try and enter the submit was successfully thwarted, which pressured the terrorists to ram an explosive-laden car into the submit, adopted by a suicide bombing assault. The ensuing blasts led to the collapse of the constructing, inflicting a number of casualties; twenty-three courageous troopers embraced shahadat, whereas all six terrorists have been successfully engaged and despatched to hell,” the Inter- Providers Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press release. Just a little-known militant group, Tehreek-e-Jihad-e-Pakistan (TJP), claimed duty for one of many deadliest assaults on Pakistani safety forces.
Their spokesman, Mullah Mohammad Qasim, despatched a press release to the media, saying a bunch of their suicide bombers, led by Maulvi Hasan Gandapur, stormed the navy compound at 2am. Gandapur reportedly rammed an explosive-laden car into the constructing’s outer partitions that brought on the principle constructing the place the troopers have been residing to break down.
Subsequently, Overseas Secretary Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi summoned the Chargé d’Affaires of Afghan interim authorities to ship Pakistan’s sturdy demarche within the context of the lethal terrorist assault in Daraban, and demanded that Kabul apprehend and hand over the perpetrators of the assault and the TTP management in Afghanistan to the Authorities of Pakistan.
“At the moment’s [Tuesday’s] terrorist assault is yet one more reminder of the terrorist menace to peace and stability within the area. We should act resolutely with all our collective would possibly to defeat this menace. On its half, Pakistan stays steadfast in its dedication to fight terrorism. The assault, whose duty has been claimed by Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan, a terrorist group affiliated with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), resulted in a number of causalities, together with shahadat of twenty-three safety personnel,” stated the Overseas Workplace.