The Interior Minister, Rana Sanaullah, announced in a tweet on Friday that law enforcement agencies have apprehended the suspected culprits behind the suicide bombing in the federal capital earlier this week.
The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had earlier claimed responsibility for the attack that took a policeman’s life as well as injured multiple officers and civilians.
The minister expressed in the tweet that four to five culprits of the attack as well as their handlers have been caught and that the driver driving the vehicle was innocent.
The incident, which wounded four policemen and two civilians, occurred on 23 December in Islamabad’s I-10/4 sector. According to authorities, a suicide attacker sitting in a taxi exploded himself after the taxi was stopped and searched on suspicion.
The news comes only days after Islamabad police created a joint investigation team to look into the incident.
Furthermore, security in the state capital has increased since Friday. The Islamabad police have released a “special” plan that includes 25 temporary checkpoints across the city and requested locals and foreigners to carry identification documents.
Based on the security plan, which was released on the official Twitter account of the Islamabad police, access points to the Red Zone would be recorded using Safe City cameras, and video monitoring of metro bus passengers will also be carried out.
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