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Facilitator and Handler Arrested Within 40 Hours of Islamabad Court Bombing

Interior officials say the attacker was an Afghan national, sharpening the probe into cross-border facilitation.

Overview

  • Security agencies detained two key suspects — a facilitator from Rawalpindi's Dhoke Pracha and a handler from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa — within roughly 40 hours of the blast.
  • Authorities say five people are now in custody in connection with the attack.
  • Investigators report the facilitator and bomber conducted multiple reconnaissance visits to the Judicial Complex before the strike.
  • The facilitator had been living in Rawalpindi for about a month and reportedly surveyed sensitive sites in the cantonment area.
  • The November 11 explosion at the district court killed at least 12 people and injured 36.