KARACHI – A key suspect of the terrorist attack on Chinese Consulate in Karachi has been arrested from a Gulf state and shifted to Pakistan with the help of Interpol.
The suspect namely Rashid Brohi of Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) was involved in the attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi last year.
In November 2018, three heavily armed militants attempted to enter the Chinese consulate in the ‘high security zone’ of Clifton’s Block-4 but were shot dead in an encounter with law enforcers. The gun-and-grenade assault also claimed the lives of two police officials and two visa applicants, and injured a private guard of the foreign mission. The banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) had claimed credit for the attack.
According to details, Brohi had monitored the overall plan of the attack and facilitated the attackers.
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Prior to the attack, he was sent Rs900,000, and after the attack he fled the country. He had fled the country after the attack but was later identified by the suspects arrested by law enforcement agencies during the course of investigation.
The investigation officers have collected critical information from him during interrogation.
The arrest comes amid reports that United States has declared the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) a terrorist organisation.
The BLA was added to the US Department of Treasury terrorism list on Tuesday.
“The Department of State has designated the BLA and Hizballah operative Husain Ali Hazzima as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) under Executive Order (EO) 13224,” read the official release issued by The Department of State.
