QUETTA: During an operation in the Uthal area of Balochistan, intelligence agencies arrested a suspected facilitator of the shrine bombing in Sehwan.
The suspect has been identified as Tahir and has been accused of taking the suicide bomber from Uthal to Sehwan, in Sindh.
It is also suspected that the suspect has worked for Abdul Hafeez Pandrani, a leader of the Hafeez Brohi group affiliated with the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ). Abdul Hafeez Pandrani has been reported to have joined ISIS.
Police and intelligence agencies suspect Pandrani to be the mastermind of the Sehwan bombing.
On February 16 this year, a suicide bomber struck the shrine of the revered saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan, Sindh, killing around 90 people and injuring many more. Following the incident, intelligence agencies claimed to have arrested six suspected facilitators in operations conducted in the bordering areas of Sindh and Balochistan.
According to reports, those arrested were involved in facilitating in the Sehwan blast and belong to the Hafeez Brohi group of LEJ.
The group was previously affiliated with outlawed Lashkar-e-Jhangvi but lately pledged allegiance to Daesh.
According to reports, the suspects were involved in organising the prescribed Daesh’s network in the area.
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