PESHAWAR, Feb 3: The police have arrested a teenager who has confessed to plotting a suicide attack to kill Maulana Fazlur Rehman, security officials said on Sunday.

The 16-year-old boy was arrested late on Saturday in Dera Ismail Khan, a town where the leader of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam lives.

“The boy was caught ... with a vest and explosives,” said an intelligence official, who declined to be identified. He said the would-be attacker had admitted that Mr Rehman was his target.

Two other intelligence officials confirmed that a youth planning to become a suicide bomber and attack Mr Rehman had been arrested. The chief of police in Dera Ismail Khan said a boy had been arrested but denied he was part of a plot to kill Mr Rehman.—Reuters