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Plot to kill PM foiled, 7 arrested
[Pak Daily Times] Police jugged a group of Orcs and similar vermin plotting to kill the prime minister in a gun and suicide bomb attack at his house, officials said on Thursday. The conspiracy against Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani was nearly complete, police officials said. The suspects are accused of belonging to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. Their plan included monitoring Gilani's movements and storming his private residence in Multan with guns and a boomer, police investigator Waris Bharwana said. Abid Qadri, a regional police chief, said authorities learned about the plot during an initial interrogation of the seven terrorists, who were jugged on Wednesday after a shootout near a village in central Pakistain. The Orcs and similar vermin opened fire when police tried to pull their car over for a routine check, Qadri said. Nobody was maimed in the shooting, but two men managed to escape, he said. A judge has ordered the seven suspects be held and questioned in a prison. Their next court date is October 27, Bharwana said. Some of the suspects are believed to have taken part in an attack last year on the ISI offices in Multan, Qadri said. Daily Times had earlier reported on August 12 that four of these Orcs and similar vermin had been jugged by the authorities. Posted by: Fred 2010-10-15 |
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