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QUETTA: Security forces on Saturday, in an intelligence based operation, foiled a terror bid which was set to be executed on Defence Day, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) reported.
“The terrorist was arrested during the operation who confessed his links with RAW, he also confessed having planted IEDs in Quetta on two separate occasions which took numerous lives,” officials stated.
Read: FC foils terror bid in Sui, seizes explosives
Further, the suspected militant was arrested with various explosives in his possession, including an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing over 6 kilogrammes, a mortar bomb and nut bolts.
Earlier, Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan and officials of the security forces foiled an attempted terror bid during an investigation in Balochistan’s Sui region.
Read: FC arrests seven alleged terrorists from Qila Saifullah
FC Balochistan seized around 15 kilogrammes of explosive materials along with four detonators and a remote control.
“The suspects were planning an attack on FC forces and gas pipelines between August 25 and 26, using the explosives,” FC spokesperson stated
Defence Day terror attack foiled in Quetta: ISPR - The Express Tribune