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Pakistan hands over six Indonesian terror suspects
Pakistan Wednesday handed over six Indonesian students held on suspicion of terror links to a delegation from Jakarta for repatriation to their homeland, officials said. The detainees includes Rusman Gunawan, the younger brother of alleged top terrorist Hambali, considered al-Qaedaâs pointman in Asia and also former operations chief of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror group. "Gun-Gun" Gunawan, former future JI leader in training The students have been handed over to the delegation, a senior government official told media here. The official would not disclose when the Indonesian students would be flown out of Pakistan. Foreign office spokesman Masood Khan confirmed the handover and said the Indonesian delegation, which arrived here Sunday, had come with a formal request to take custody of the six detainees. The Indonesians had been studying at the Abu Bakar Islamic University in Karachi before their arrest in September. Have to wait and see if the Indonesians do anything more than catch and release. Posted by: Steve 2003-12-10 |
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