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Arrested LJ activists confess to Bari Imam bombing
LAHORE: Asif and Usman Chotoo, detained activists of the banned religious outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, claimed responsibility for the bombing of the Bari Imam Shrine in Islamabad on May 27 2005, Geo television reported on Saturday. Modern methods were being used to interrogate the two, who confessed to having masterminded the suicide bombing that killed 43 and left several injured, the channel quoted official sources as saying. According to the channel, the accused admitted that they carriedout the bombing to fuel sectarian violence. Asif Chotto was arrested from the Islamabad-Lahore Motorway on September 28, while Usman Chotto was apprehended in the outskirts of Karachi on December 20, the report added.Posted by: Fred 2006-01-01 |
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