Law enforcement agencies on Saturday arrested two Italian citizens for taking photographs of sensitive places in Rawalpindi, but released them later after initial interrogation by police and intelligence agencies.
Rawal Division Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Malik Matloob and New Town Police Station Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sabir Nadeem said that both Italian citizens were working as engineers at the Benazir International Airport.
They arrived in Islamabad on February 28 on an invitation by the Aga Khan Foundation to repair its helicopter. The foreigners told the interrogators that they were on a holiday and had come to Rawalpindi for sight seeing.
The officials said the names of the foreigners were: Apollo Nacolia (passport number 0450606) and Sermon Fabreco (passport number C830022). After interrogations and confirmation by the Italian Embassy, Nacolia and Fabreco were released.
Four Taliban commanders arrested in Charsadda: Security forces on Saturday claimed to have arrested four suspected Taliban commanders from Dherizardad Road area in Charsadda. According to security sources, on a tip off, police and other security forces conducted a joint operation and raided a house in the area. The accused Taliban commanders fired at the security forces. Sources said that security forces arrested four suspected commanders after exchange of fire and one suspected militant was injured in the clash. According to security sources, the commanders were involved in an attack on the ANP’s rally in Nowshera. Sources said that the militants were planning to leave for Waziristan. The names of the arrested commanders could not be ascertained yet.