Hyderabad: The five ISIS terror suspects, who were arrested on Thursday have confessed to National Investigation Agency and Telangana Intelligence officials that they had planned “mass killing” in Hyderabad before Id.

Their handler, Shafi Armar, was to give them final instructions on making live bombs from Syria over Skype or video call in one of their houses.

An official said “Shafi used to show how to make the bombs and they used electronic scales to weigh the IED ingredients”.

They were awaiting orders from Shafi and had tentatively fixed the evening of Saturday, July 2 to carry out the terror strikes in Hyderabad.

TS Intelligence department said, “They had purchased firearms and some explosives in Maharashtra and other chemicals like urea and Hydrogen Peroxide in Hyderabad. They had gloves, masks, electronic balance and other material to make Improvised Explosive Devices. This shows that they were ready to strike.”

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BY M. DIVYA SHRI