Seven suspects
ISLAMABAD: The security forces arrested seven suspects for their alleged involvement in kidnapping of six football players.
Unknown armed men had abducted the six football players in the Kachhi canal area of Sui Tehsil, Dera Bugti district last week. Footballers were going to Sibi to participate in the All Pakistan Chief Minister Gold Cup Football tournament.
However, some armed men intercepted their vehicle and kidnapped several players.
Subsequently, the kidnappers released 18 players but retained custody of the remaining six, who belonged Dera Bugti and Sui areas.
Security forces established a cordon around the vicinity and apprehended seven suspects for interrogation.
“Security forces are actively conducting searches in the areas bordering Sindh and Punjab,” officials stated.
Pakistan warns of a serious response after cross-border attack in chitral
Meanwhile, Interim Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti delivered a stern warning to those involved in the cross-border attack in Chitral from Afghanistan. Bugti delivered the message during a press conference in Islamabad.
Bugti stated, “It doesn’t matter who attacks us. For us, everyone who attacks us is a terrorist. We will respond to whoever attacks us, and our response will be seen, Insha’Allah.”
Security officials are patroling in Chitral after cross-border attack from Afghanistan.
Interior Minister, nonetheless, said that it was premature to establish involvement of Afghan Taliban in the attack.
Responding to a question, Bugti remarked, “It is premature to say whether Afghans were part of it or if there were only TTP members.”
He also reminded that the incumbent Afghan government had signed the Doha agreement. They are supposed not to allow their soil to be used against any country.
The cross-border attack took place on Pakistan’s Defence and Martyrs Day.
