Peshawar police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested three more accused involved in carrying out a deadly blast at Malak Saad Police Lines Peshawar in 2023.
Police said in a significant development during the ongoing investigation of the Police Lines blast, three more accused were apprehended on identification of the arrested mastermind of the blast that had martyred around 80 people, mostly the policemen during a Friday prayer.
Giving further details, police said during interrogation, the mastermind of the blast, Umar identified a house in Etihad Colony of Fakirabad area from where three more accused were taken into custody.
During the house search, police said important documents were also recovered which showed the terrorists’ intentions to carry out more blasts and subversive activities at some important places.
The accused were planning to carry out blasts in Charsadda, Mardan, and Nowshera; however, the arrests averted their nefarious intentions, police said.
