Islamabad: Pakistan police on September 18 arrested 12 militants in Karachi including one accused of involvement in two suicide attacks in the Southern city, official sources said.

The militants were taken into custody in several raids across the city by security forces, the state-owned Television said.

One of the militants, is a suspect in connection with suicide bomb attacks in the city on May and June 14 that killed 26 people in total.

The report, however, did not mention whether the arrested militants were Pakistanis or foreigners.

Last week, authorities arrested top al-Qaida activist, Ramzi al Shaiba and six others. Al-Shaiba is accused of planning the September 11 attacks in the US last year. Pakistan has handed over the terrorists to the US.

PTI