QUETTA: Seventeen people, among them three suspected militants involved in bomb attacks and other acts of subversion, were arrested in a search operation conducted by security forces in different areas here on Wednesday.

A spokesman for the paramilitary Frontier Corps said that police and FC personnel conducted raids in Kharotabad and nearby areas on the outskirts of the provincial capital and rounded up 14 suspects.

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“The FC handed over 14 suspected persons to police for interrogation,” the spokesman said.

He said security forces arrested a suspected militant for his involvement in the motorcycle bomb blast that occurred in Lehri bazaar last month.

Two other militants were picked up from Kohlu and Mach areas for their suspected involvement in acts of subversion, he said.

Investigation against the suspects was under way, the spokesman said.

Published in Dawn, September 24th, 2015

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