Pakistani authorities raided a house and arrested five would-be suicide bombers in the restive southwestern province of Baluchistan on Friday, a local official said.
The arrests were made in Pashtoonabad, a satellite town of Quetta, where local UN refugee agency (UNHCR) chief John Solecki was kidnapped earlier this month in Pakistan's most high-profile Western abduction in seven years.
"Intelligence agents raided a house and arrested five suspected suicide bombers, along with five suicide jackets and explosive material," a security official told AFP on condition of anonymity.