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the suspected handler of a jacket wallah, who killed ANP leader Bashir Ahmad Bilour in the city in Dec 2012.
They also insisted the suspect had confessed to being involved in the killing and many other heinous crimes.
"We have captured a terrorist, Fazal Mohammad. He was the main handler of Farooq, who killed Bashir Bilour in a suicide kaboom
. He kept the bomber in his house for two days before sending him to target Bashir Bilour," an official of the police's counter-terrorism department told Dawn here.He said the bomber's handler belonged to Afridi tribe of Khyber Agency
and had been living in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
city for many years.
The official said the arrested man used to help Lions of Islam reach targets in the lovely provincial capital.
"The (bomber's) handler is associated with terrorist groups and has a role in around 50 terrorist activities. He has so far admitted to being involved in many heinous crimes," he said.
The official said the department had achieved 'significant' success in the investigation into attacks on All Saints Church, Imamia Mosque Hayatabad Township and Army Public School and that efforts were underway to arrest those behind those terrorist activities.
Also in the day, the local police held a suspected terrorist.
A police official said Alamzeb, who had Rs0.5 million bounty on his head and belonged to Sepah tribe of Khyber Agency, was arrested in Sufaid Dheri area of Peshawar.
He said the arrested man was wanted for various terrorist attacks in Peshawar and adjoining tribal and settled areas.