The suspected leader of the Karachi airport suicide attack and four suspected accomplices, including a female bomber, have been arrested, police said on Monday, November 11.
Five militants were arrested previously from different parts of the restive Balochistan province, Umar Khatab, according to a senior official of the Sindh Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD).
Two Chinese nationals were killed and 17 people injured in the suicide attack by the banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) that targeted a convoy of Chinese workers near the Jinnah International Airport on October 6.
“We were able to identify those responsible for the attack through face verification and one of them is a trained female militant and bomber,” Mr. Khatab said. The blast killed four people including two Chinese engineers and wounded 17 others.