Police says it has arrested a man who allegedly provided technical support for a deadly suicide bomb attack on Chinese teachers at the University of Karachi in April.
A suspected female suicide bomber killed three Chinese teachers, drawing strong condemnation from Beijing, in the first big attack this year against nationals of long-time ally China working in Pakistan. Four people died in total, including the minibus driver and three Chinese staff from the Confucius Institute, a cultural and educational programme that China operates at the university.
The attack was the result of the combined efforts of two separatist groups, the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) and the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), Sindh province information minister Sharjeel Memon told a news conference.
The accused man, Dad Bakash, was arrested from Karachi’s district west on Monday and confessed to being a commander of a sleeper cell of the BLF, he said.
“He confessed to carrying out surveillance of Chinese nationals at Karachi University and important installations on the task given by Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and met and provided assistance to the female suicide bomber and her husband.” The accused told investigators that the militant network is spread across neighbouring countries and they are also in contact with the separatist groups in these countries, Memon said.
