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'Terrorists planning to kidnap important personalities'
Militant groups are planning to abduct senior government officials and politicians or their families, to pressure the government to free detained terror suspects, Geo News reported on Thursday. Citing an Interior Ministry report, the channel said terrorist groups had deployed militants to Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Multan and Bahawalpur to carry out the abductions, which it said had been masterminded by a Lodhran resident. It did not identify the man and did not say which terrorist organisation he belonged to, but said the militants wanted to exchange the abducted men for detained terrorists. Following the report, police have enhanced security in the four Punjab cities, according to the channel. Potential targets were being given additional protection, it said. The channel said police had begun searching for suspects and were keeping close a watch on madrassas. Posted by: Fred 2008-04-11 |
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