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Police arrest would-be bomber
 Police arrested a would-be suicide bomber carrying an explosives-packed jacket and an alleged militant commander in Swat district on Monday, sources said. They added that security forces and police were on high alert in Swat as they had already been tipped off that a suicide bomber was traveling in a red-colour Suzuki. During a search in Imam Dheri, Kanju police arrested Hayat Nawab, 17, with a suicide belt. Nawab was also carrying a G-3 gun that is being used by the FC personnel during the operation in the district, sources said. Swat militants had snatched G-3 guns from the FC personnel after kidnapping them in the beginning of the operation. Also on Monday, police arrested Mohim Jan believed to be a close aide of Maulana Fazlullah at Ningulai in Kabul tehsil. Posted by: Fred 2008-01-15 |
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