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            Pakistan Arrests 5 Suspects Linked to University Attack

   by VOA News

   Pakistan arrested five suspects Saturday for the deadly attack on Bacha
   Khan University in Charsadda that left at least 20 people dead, 18
   students and two teachers.

   Speaking to reporters in Peshawar, military spokesman Asim Bajwa said
   the suspects are charged with facilitating the assault because they
   provided the attackers with shelter, transport and weapons.

   Bajwa said that three other suspects, including two women, are still at
   large.

   They received training in Afghanistan and crossed over into Pakistan
   from the Torkham border between the two countries, he said.

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   Mastermind Umar Mansoor

   Bajwa said that the Wednesday attack was masterminded by Umar Mansoor,
   a Pakistani Taliban militant based in Afghanistan who is also held
   responsible for the December 2014 massacre of 134 children in the city
   of Peshawar.

   On Friday Mansoor released video footage of the fighters he said
   carried out Wednesday's deadly assault and vowed more attacks on
   schools and universities in the future.

   Pakistan has killed and arrested hundreds of suspected militants under
   a major crackdown launched after the December 2014 school attack.
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