Four TTP members arrested over Islamabad bombing

ISLAMABAD: The security agencies have arrested four members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan/Fitna al-Khawarij (TTP/FAK) for their involvement in a suicide attack at the Islamabad District Judicial Complex, G-11, on November 11, the government said on Friday. According to an official statement, issued on X, a joint operation was carried out by the Intelligence Bureau Division and the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) that led to the arrest of the four suspects. During the interrogation, Sajidullah alias Sheena, the handler of the suicide bomber, confessed that the TTP/FAK commander Saeed-ur-Rehman alias Daadullah (resident of Charmang, Bajaur, currently in Afghanistan, and serving as TTP’s Intelligence Chief for Nawagai, Bajaur) contacted him via the Telegram application and assigned him the task of carrying out a suicide attack in Islamabad aimed at causing maximum casualties among law-enforcement agencies (LAEs). The statement noted that Daadullah sent photographs of the suicide bomber (SB) Usman alias Qari to Sajidullah alias Sheena for receiving him. SB Usman Qari belonged to the Shinwari tribe and was a resident of Achin, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. When he reached Pakistan from Afghanistan, Sajidullah alias Sheena arranged his stay in a residence near Islamabad. The government further said that on the directions of Afghanistan-based TTP/FAK Commander Daadullah, Sajidullah alias Sheena collected a suicide jacket from Akhun Baba graveyard in Peshawar and brought it to Islamabad. On the day of the blast at Judicial Complex G-11, Sajidullah Sheena set the suicide jacket on SB Usman alias Qari. The network was handled and guided at every step by the Fitna al-Khawarij/TTP high command based in Afghanistan. The entire cell involved in the incident, including its commander and three other members, has been arrested. Investigations are continuing, and more revelations and arrests are expected. At least 12 people were killed and 20 were injured as a bomb blast ripped through the district and sessions court building in Islamabad’s G-11 area. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025

According to an official statement, issued on X, a joint operation was carried out by the Intelligence Bureau Division and the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) that led to the arrest of the four suspects. During the interrogation, Sajidullah alias Sheena, the handler of the suicide bomber, confessed that the TTP/FAK commander Saeed-ur-Rehman alias Daadullah (resident of Charmang, Bajaur, currently in Afghanistan, and serving as TTP’s Intelligence Chief for Nawagai, Bajaur) contacted him via the Telegram application and assigned him the task of carrying out a suicide attack in Islamabad aimed at causing maximum casualties among law-enforcement agencies (LAEs).

The statement noted that Daadullah sent photographs of the suicide bomber (SB) Usman alias Qari to Sajidullah alias Sheena for receiving him. SB Usman Qari belonged to the Shinwari tribe and was a resident of Achin, Nangarhar, Afghanistan. When he reached Pakistan from Afghanistan, Sajidullah alias Sheena arranged his stay in a residence near Islamabad.

The government further said that on the directions of Afghanistan-based TTP/FAK Commander Daadullah, Sajidullah alias Sheena collected a suicide jacket from Akhun Baba graveyard in Peshawar and brought it to Islamabad. On the day of the blast at Judicial Complex G-11, Sajidullah Sheena set the suicide jacket on SB Usman alias Qari.

The network was handled and guided at every step by the Fitna al-Khawarij/TTP high command based in Afghanistan. The entire cell involved in the incident, including its commander and three other members, has been arrested. Investigations are continuing, and more revelations and arrests are expected.

At least 12 people were killed and 20 were injured as a bomb blast ripped through the district and sessions court building in Islamabad’s G-11 area.