Security was tightened and a red alert declared here on Friday following an intelligence tipoff that four suicide bombers would try to penetrate the Pakistani capital and carry out attacks with the help of a local person.
ISLAMABAD: Security was tightened and a red alert declared here on Friday following an intelligence tipoff that four suicide bombers would try to penetrate the Pakistani capital and carry out attacks with the help of a local person.
The suspects, Noor Mohammad, Arungazaib, Sher Gul and Hashim, belong to a banned militant group and planned to enter Islamabad to carry out the attacks, media reports quoted police officials as saying.
The four terrorists would enjoy the support of a local, Sher Mohammad, and stay with him. Intelligence and law enforcement agencies had started checking hotels in the twin cities for the presence of suspects, they said.
The foreign office has told diplomats and foreigners to restrict their movement till a further announcement, the local daily Dawn reported.
Officials of the Indian High Commission here said no such information has been conveyed to them.
Heavily armed police were deployed in many parts of the city which experienced two suicide attacks -- on January 26 at Marriot Hotel and later on the airport on February 6.
Security around important buildings, government offices, shopping centres had been tightened, and hospitals alerted, police said.
Security around the diplomatic enclave was tightened and personnel of the Frontier Constabulary and elite force have been deployed there.
Checkposts have been set up. Islamabad and Punjab Police have established pickets at all main roads in the capital as well as exit and entry points, and vehicle were being checked strictly, police said.
In Peshwar, Capital City Police Officer Abdul Majeed Marwat has said security has been tightened after reports from secret agencies that more sabotage activities have been planned.
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