11 arrested for killing 5 Chinese in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani authorities have arrested 11 extremists in connection with the suicide bombing that killed five Chinese engineers in March in the north of the country that borders Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday.

The announcement was made at a news conference held by Muhammad Rai Tahir, Pakistan's counterterrorism chief, along with Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi.

The arrested men belong to the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, which aims to overthrow the government and replace it with a harsh brand of Islamic law, Reuters reported.