Pakistan arrests 11 militants involved in Chinese engineers' killing, say officials

FILE PHOTO: View of a bridge with China and Pakistan's flag over the River Indus, at the site of Dasu Dam or Dasu Hydropower Project, in Kohistan district Kyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near Dasu, Pakistan October 6, 2023. REUTERS/ Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities have arrested 11 Islamist militants who were involved in the suicide bombing that killed five Chinese engineers in March in the north of the country which borders Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday.

The announcement was made at a news conference held by Pakistan's counter-terrorism chief Rai Tahir along with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi.