KARACHI
– Police September 24 arrested a suspect in the July 17 shooting of
a World Health Organisation (WHO) doctor and the
July 20 slaying of a polio vaccinator.
Zahidullah alias Junaid, reportedly a member of the
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), was arrested in the Zia Colony area
of Korangi town, said Muhammad Ishfaq, an official of Korangi Police
Station, adding that police recovered unlicensed weapons from him.
Under interrogation, the suspect admitted to both crimes, Ishfaq
told Central Asia Online. Both attacks took place in the Sohrab Goth
area of Gadap Town, Karachi.