Two killers of journalists arrested in Quetta
Security sources say the accused belonged to a banned militant outfit.
Balochistan Home Minister Mir Safaraz Bugti during a press conference at the Home Ministry on Tuesday said security agencies had arrested the murderers of slain journalists Irshad Mastoi and Abdul Rasool, and accountant Muhammad Younas.
Home Secretary Balochistan Akbar Hussain Durrani was also present on the occasion.
Bugti said armed men had stormed inside the office of news agency Online and killed Bureau Chief Irshad Mastoi, reporter Abdul Rasool and part-time worker Muhammad Younas on August 28, 2014.
He said that the arrested target killers had confessed to the killing of journalists in Quetta. "The target killers are being interrogated," he added.
The Home Minister said the accused arrested by security agencies were also involved in 30 bomb explosions and a series of targeted killings in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan.
The arrested men also confessed to have killed Balochistan National Party (Mengal) Central Secretary General Habib Jalib Baloch.
The Home Minister revealed that the arrested 'target killers' were also planning to target Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) Senator Hafiz Hamdullah and Vice Chairman for Baloch Missing Persons Mama Qadeer.
"A major conspiracy has been foiled," he said, referring to the high profile target killers' arrests.
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