Islamabad, Sep 25: A bank account worth Rs 90 million owned by Kamra air base attack terrorist Faisal Shahzad has been revealed.
Investigators stumbled upon the bank account and found Rs 90 million in it. The source of the funds is being investigated.
Faisal Shahzad, an employee of Wah Ordnance Factory was killed during the attack on Kamra Base
Two close relatives of Faisal, identified as Allahditta and Babar, have been arrested from Taxila and Rawalpindi, while raids are in progress to nab other relatives.
In the wee hours of August 16 this year, terrorists armed with heavy artillery and IEDs breached Pakistan Air Force's fortified Minhas Base in Kamra, a two hour drive from Islamabad.
The attack was repulsed by which time all nine terrorists were killed in the intensive gun battle. The airbase is said to house a part of Pakistan's nuclear stockpile.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack to avenge the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
The TTP spokesman claimed that more than a dozen securitymen were killed and three JF-17 Thunder aircraft were destroyed, but the PAF said, only one soldier was killed and an officer injured. Only one aircraft was damaged, the PAF had said.
The base in Attock district is home to the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex where Mirage and the JF-17 thunder jets are assembled.
