DIAMER – Law enforcement agencies (LEAs) claimed to have identified one of the 36 suspected militants arrested for their alleged involvement in the burning down of schools in Diamer District of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B).
Two suspects and a police constable were killed in the shootout between the ‘militants’ and security officials during the Saturday morning’s operation in Tangir area.
One of the suspects has been identified as Shafiqur Rehman aka Commander Shafiq. A suicide jacket, grenades and weapons have been recovered from the militant hideouts during the on-going search operation, reported Express Tribune.
IG G-B Sanaullah Abbasi said that the accused were local people but trained in Afghanistan, adding that the counter-operation was centred around Darail village in Diamer.
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An official privy to details had revealed that the ‘militants’ were part of a wider nexus associated with Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.
Earlier on the day, the vehicle of a district and sessions judge came under attack by unknown assailants in Daryal area of Diamer, Gilgit-Baltistan.
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“Malik Inayat’s vehicle was attacked by assailants but the judge and his family members remained unhurt in the attack,” police said.
The sessions judge and his family were headed to the funeral of police official Arif Hussain, who was killed on Saturday in a clash which occurred during a search operation to arrest those involved in attacking schools in the area when their vehicle was targetted, police further said.
