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Two Arrested Over Pearl Murder
Islamabad, 5 June (AKI) - Pakistani police said on Tuesday that they have arrested two militants suspected of involvement in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl. According to local police, Attaur Rehman and Faisal Bhatti, were arrested on Monday in Kashmore, on the border between Sindh and Baluchistan. Both men are believed to be leading figures in Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a militant group linked to al-Qaeda. However reports of their arrests are denied by lawyers for the men's families who alleged the pair were picked up four years ago by the secret services and held ever since. Rehman, who also goes under the name Naim Bukhari, is suspected of supervising the detention of Pearl for several days before he was killed. Daniel Pearl, a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal, was seized while researching a story on Islamic militants on January 23, 2002. His body was found buried on the outskirts of Karachi. A police spokesman said four Kalashnikov rifles, two pistols and bomb-making material were found in the men's car. Posted by: Steve 2007-06-06 |
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