GILGIT – The Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) police foiled a bid to target a girlsschool in district Ghizer, arrested 13 terrorist suspects and recoveredexplosives from their possession here Saturday-Sunday midnight.
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Gohar Nafees said that a group of 13terrorist suspects, all students of a local seminary being run by a localInayatullah wanted to target a girls schools administered by Agha KhanSchools network in district Ghizer of GB.
The police on a tip-off arrested the terrorist suspects besides recoveringexplosives and petrol from their possession.
The nabbed terrorist suspects head by Ahsanullah have confessed of blastingseveral schools in district Diamer in 2016-17.
DIG Gohar Nafees said that the arrested suspects also confessed theirinvolvement in failed attempts to target Prince Kareem Agha Khan and formerGovernor Pir Karam Ali Shah in a bomb attack.