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7 arrested in raid on Karachi seminary suspected of facilitating TTP
 [DAWN] Sindh Police's Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Wednesday conducted a search operation in a Bloody Karachi...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... seminary allegedly linked with the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... Pakistain (TTP) and detained seven persons for interrogation, CTD Senior Superintendent Police Omar Shahid Hamid said Tuesday. Speaking to the press, the CTD official said that a team, along with district administration and district police, had conducted a search operation in the al-Kareem Islamic Academy located in Karachi's SITE area. Shahid claimed that the seminary had been established by Mufti Shakir, a "dangerous terrorist and TTP commander". "Mufti Shakir is responsible for a number of police murders in District Central and West in 2013-14, and is suspected of involvement in the murder of Police Superintendent Chaudhry Aslam," added the officer. Mufti Shakir was revealed to be the criminal mastermind behind a group that was "neutralised" by the CTD on August 7 after three suspected holy warriors were killed in an encounter in the Machhar Colony area of the city. "The killed holy warriors had been planning large-scale attacks in Karachi," Hamid claimed. "He [Mufti Shakir] is also suspected to be behind at least one group that is involved in police killings in Karachi," he said. Four coppers were bumped off in an attack in the SITE area in June, while July also saw at least two deadly attacks on police in the metropolis. Posted by: Fred 2017-08-10 |
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