****RAWALPINDI: **One of the main executors of the December 16 Peshawar school attack, Taj Muhammad alias Rizwan, was arrested in an inteliigence-based operation ****on Monday.
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According to the ISPR, Taj Muhammad was the commander of one of the two groups that attacked the Army Public School in Peshawar, in which over 150 people, including 133 students, were killed.
The Pakistani military has arrested a man suspected of taking part in December’s attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar.
The army claim that Taj Muhammad was one of the commanders behind the Taliban assault.
The army is still searching for other militants linked to the attack, in which at least 150 people were killed, including 133 children.
All of the gunmen who stormed the school are believed to be dead.
Taj Muhammed was captured in a camp for internally displaced people in the Pawaka area of Peshawar.
Pakistani authorities believe 27 militants were involved in the attack. Nine gunmen were killed during the siege and several others linked to the attack have been captured.
The detainees could be brought before military courts and face the death penalty if convicted of terrorism.
Following the massacre, security has been stepped up in the region, with teachers now allowed to carry guns.
Teachers in the region now guard schools with guns
A BBC team photographed the destruction at the school shortly after the attack
The group of attackers cut through a wire fence at Peshawar’s Army School on 16 December before launching an attack on an auditorium where children were taking a lesson in first aid.
The gunmen, who were wearing bomb vests, then went from room to room shooting pupils and teachers in a siege that lasted eight hours.
A faction of the Pakistani Taliban loyal to Mullah Fazlullah said they carried out the attack in revenge for the army’s offensive against them in North Waziristan.
Re: Pakistan captures one attacker of Peshawar school
Good job (if they got the right man)
but to stop these incidents, we have to have intelligence before hand. After-the-fact captures might being *some *relief to grieving and thats pretty much it.
Re: Pakistan captures one attacker of Peshawar school
Although seems barbaric, but all close relatives of this attackers should be shot and/or thrown out of country, all the land/wealth belong to his family should be confiscated by the State. Only hanging him won't do much good.
Re: Pakistan captures one attacker of Peshawar school
Although seems barbaric, but all close relatives of this attackers should be shot and/or thrown out of country, all the land/wealth belong to his family should be confiscated by the State. Only hanging him won't do much good.
Sometimes I wonder if Saudi style of public execution has a point and it makes a difference.. (Screw Champions of HRW)
Re: Pakistan captures one attacker of Peshawar school
I have doubts about the news.
Although seems barbaric, but all close relatives of this attackers should be shot and/or thrown out of country, all the land/wealth belong to his family should be confiscated by the State. Only hanging him won't do much good.
This is what Israel does to Palestinians, I am totally against such punishments even whether the family members support him or not.
Re: Main executor of Peshawar school attack captured: ISPR
it is great that they managed to catch the culprit and that too alive. now does pakistan have what it takes to use him to capture the big fish higher up in the chain of terror?
Re: Main executor of Peshawar school attack captured: ISPR
They released this savage picture and showed us his face. We need to see their faces, expose them, who they are and from where they come from... these details should be made public. I'm glad they showed this monster face..... punishment should be exemplary... They should present him before military court.
If the security agencies continue to bring culprits to justice... I have faith in Pak army and intelligence we will eliminate them... if there is a will... there is a way... and Pak Army has demonstrated this in the aftermath of Peshawar tragedy...I wish I could say the same thing about our government intentions as well...
Army alone cannot win this war, these savages live amongst us... theyre in our neighborhoods, streets, towns, cities... everywhere... govt needs to sincerly manifest in their actions when they make tall claims like zero tolerance against criminals/terrorists out... sadly it has not been the case till now...
Re: Pakistan captures one attacker of Peshawar school
I have doubts about the news.
This is what Israel does to Palestinians, I am totally against such punishments even whether the family members support him or not.
You see how the suicide bombing have vanished from Israeli territory! despite the reason of those suicide attacks not only exists but have increased 10 folds??? we need to do that to two/three families and things will do down the drain..
