Pak arrest terrorist involved in Badaber air force base attack

Pakistani authorities today arrested a terrorist allegedly involved in a brazen attack on an air force base here last month that killed 42 people, including 23 air force personnel.
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police said they arrested the terrorist involved in the attack on Badaber base from Nowshera district.
The terrorist identified as Muhammad Israel pretended himself as a member of the al-Qaeda, CTD sources said.
At least 42 people, including 13 militants, were killed when the heavily-armed terrorists in military uniforms attacked the Badaber Air Force base and a mosque inside the compound on September 18.

Last month, an Afghan national was arrested by police in connection with the attack.
In another incident, a terrorist identified as Uzair was arrested at the Peshawar Airport after he returned from Saudi Arabia.
The terrorist was allegedly involved in an attack on a police post in Swat District in 2009. After the attack, he had fled country, police said.
He has been shifted to an undisclosed location for interrogation.