(AKI/DAWN) - Pakistani police have arrested four brothers in a village in the centre of Punjab province in connection with the devastating bomb attack on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad.
| The men were arrested near Toba Tek Singh after returning from Dubai a few days ago. |
The men were arrested near Toba Tek Singh after returning from Dubai a few days ago.
Source told the Pakistani daily, Dawn, the men were being investigated about their alleged involvement in the Marriott Hotel suicide attack which killed more than 50 people and injured 260 others on 20 September. The four have been identified as Imran Afzal, Hameed Afzal, Majeed Afzal and Kamran Afzal. Local police officials said they had no information about the raid or the arrests.
A little-known Islamist group calling itself the Fidayeen-e-Islam claimed responsibility for the bombing while calling for an end to US involvement in Pakistan. Soon after the bomb attack five other suspects were arrested by Pakistani police but it is unclear whether they have been charged. |