BANNU, May 25: A man arrested in connection with missile attacks in Bannu has confessed to having been trained as a terrorist and having links with outlawed organizations, district police officer Abid Ali said at a press briefing here on Tuesday.

The accused, Arifullah, who was arrested last week along with three other suspects, was produced before a local court on Tuesday, where he recorded his confessional statement under section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code and admitted to having been trained by Jaish-i-Mohammad, a banned religious outfit, and having links with Al Qaeda.

Arifullah admitted to having carried out attacks on a cinema, and an assault on ISI inspector Kamal Hussain, planting mines in the path of military convoys and carrying out a bomb blast in Bazaar Ahmad Khan in Bannu city. The DPO said that Arifullah had admitted that two Uzbeks, Ahmad and Hassan, an Arab, Mughira, and their local leader Sidratullah, used to prepare plans for attacking the Bannu cantonment.

He quoted Arifullah as having said that a man Luqman, who was hiding in Mirali in the North Waziristan Agency, was the head of their strategic wing in these areas.

He said that Sidratullah had also admitted to having affiliation with a religio-political party. Ammunition was supplied to them from FR Janikhel, the DPO said.

The DPO said the other three accused would be produced in the court in due course of time.