A teenager suspected to be a member of a squad of suicide bombers, who reportedly killed former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, was remanded to police for further questioning on Saturday, News Network International (NNI) news agency reported.
The 15-year-old boy Aitzaz Shah was arrested in the northwestern city of Dera Ismail Khan last month. Shah had told investigators that he was a member of the back-up group of suicide bombers who killed Bhutto in the city of Rawalpindi on Dec. 27 last year.
He was later shifted to Islamabad for questioning and a court gave his 10-day custody to police for interrogation. The Anti-Terrorism Court Judge, Chaudhry Habibullah, accepted request by the police that the suspect must be again remanded for further questioning, according to the NNI.
Aitzaz Shah was produced in the court under tight security and press photographers and TV cameramen were not allowed to go inside the courtroom. Another suspect Sher Zaman, who was also arrested on a tip from Aitzaz Shah, was also produced in the court.
The judge ordered the police to produce him again on Feb. 12 at the end of a 10-day remand.
Local TV channels reported last week that Aitzaz Shah had identified the suicide bomber as Bilal, who belonged to South Waziristan tribal region. The interior ministry has not confirmed the report.
Benazir Bhutto was killed in firing and suicide bombing attacks in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Dec. 27 after she addressed an election rally.
Source: Xinhua
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