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  • Alleged terrorist involved in APS attack arrested in Italy

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    One of the main suspect of last year’s Peshawar Army Public School Attack has been arrested from Italy with the help of Interpol.

    Suspect Usman was arrested in Italy, has now been taken back to the country.

    Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has taken him in custody as son as Usman landed on Benazir International Airport, Rawalpindi.

    Usman was wanted in many terror activities in Pakistan, he escaped to Italy after APS attack.

    The suspect has been taken to an undisclosed place for further information.

    According to FIA officials, many important revelations are expected from Usman during investigation.

    APS ATTACK

    In the deadliest slaughter of innocents in Pakistan in years, Tehreek-e-Taliban gunmen on 16 December 2014 attacked the military-run school and killed 150 people — most of them students — before government troops ended the siege.

    A little more than 1,000 students and staff were registered at the school, which is part of a network run by the military, although the surrounding area was not heavily fortified at the time of the attack.

    WAR ON TERROR

    The army launched the "Zarb-e-Azb" operation in June 2014 in a bid to wipe out militant bases in North Waziristan tribal area and so bring an end to the bloody decade-long militancy that has cost Pakistan thousands of lives.

    The army intensified its offensive after the Peshawar school attack and since then there has been something of a lull in violence.