Preliminary investigation has revealed that Kosar Ali, the suicide bomber who blew himself up at a police picket in Wah on Tuesday, had been a student at the seminary in Lal Masjid.
Police and other law enforcement agencies picked up seven people earlier today in connection with incident.
Those arrested were taken to an undisclosed location for further investigation. Among those arrested are two brothers of the suicide bomber.
The brothers were arrested in a midnight operation conducted at their native village, Jabbi Kasran, in Fateh Jang. Kosar Ali has left behind a wife, three brothers and a sister who lives in Faisalabad. His mother told the police that he had left home some three months ago and had not been in contact with the family, including his wife, since.
Police said that another brother of Kosar Ali is in Attock jail for his involvement in a murder case.
Laal Masjid, led by Mullah Abdul Aziz actually tried to justify the massacre of school children in Peshawar and had in 2007, been a centre for armed terrorists who led a full fledged armed revolt against the state.
A number of arrest warrants have been issued against the cleric, (who had tried to escape the 2007 operation while dressed as a woman). However the staet for reasons best known to it has not dared arrest him.
