Mastermind of Khanpur suicide bombing arrested in Sukkur

Mastermind of Khanpur suicide bombing arrested in Sukkur. The ASWJ cleric had dispatched two suicide bombers to explode at Khanpur Eidgah during Eid prayers.

Mastermind of Khanpur suicide bombing

Finally, Sukkur Police and CTD cops caught Mulla Hussain Bux Brohi at Shikarpur link road. Moreover, the cops also recovered arms and ammunition.

Notably, takfiri terror outfit ASWJ (Sipah Sahaba) remains active in Shikarpur district.

Furthermore, SSP Sukkur said that two other accomplices managed to flee.

Besides, Mulla Brohi also served as a facilitator in Khanpur Eidgah suicide blast in 2016. Later, CTD shifted the nabbed terrorist to an undisclosed location for further investigation.

Backgrounder

At least 10 people, including two policemen either died or injured due to the bombing.
During Eid prayers in Shikarpur’s Khanpur tehsil, suicide bomber exploded in September 2016.

However, police also foiled another suicide blast at an imambargah in the tehsil.

Then, police sources said four suicide attackers infiltrated Khanpur during Eid prayers.

Two attackers targeted an Eid prayer ground where one attacker blew himself up but other one fled.

Two other attackers targeted an imambargah but police stopped them at the entrance on account of appearing suspicious. As the attackers attempted to flee, cop shot one of them dead whereas caught the other one.