LAHORE – The law-enforcement agencies (LEAs) Thursday claimed to arrest aterror suspect involved in the Johar Town blast from Allama IqbalInternational Airport in provincial capital.
Reports quoting sources said that the suspect was about to board a flightfor Karachi, while the security officials had moved him to an unidentifiedlocation for further interrogation.
Meanwhile, Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed earlier today revealedthat the ‘Punjab Police was close to arresting the key culprit of theLahore blast. The Punjab Police has achieved remarkable success in theJohar Town incident.’ Adding that, ‘We are close to them [perpetrators] andPunjab Police will soon tell the nation the good news that they have beenarrested.’
On the other hand, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) formally launchedan investigation into the blast after registration of a case while police,on the other hand, apprehended the owner of the car used in the blast fromHafizabad late Wednesday night.
A heavy contingent of the force is still present in the adjourning bordersand not allowing any outsider to enter the area while the residents arebeing allowed in only after they are thoroughly frisked.
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At least four people, including a man and his son, were killed in the blastwhile more than 2 dozens, including a policeman, sustained injuries when abomb blast rocked a number of houses in the locality of Punjab capital.
A large number of policemen and Rescue 1122 teams rushed to the site in theBoard of Revenue (BOR) Society in Johar Town.
A preliminary report of a probe was submitted to Punjab IGP Inam Ghani,while it will be presented to CM Punjab Usman Buzdar shortly. The initialprobe finds that the material had been planted onto a car and the devicewas detonated remotely.
