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‘Most wanted' AQIS militant said to be close aide of Safoora carnage convicts arrested
[DAWN] Police on Friday claimed to have enjuggedDrop the rod and step away witcher hands up! a "most wanted" Lion of Islam linked with the banned Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) who at one point remained a close aide to the convicts of the Safoora Goth carnage. At least 47 members of the Shia Ismaili community, including 18 women, were killed when the bus they were travelling in came under attack near 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... 's Safoora Goth in May 2015. Speaking at a presser at his office and later talking to Dawn, Karachi-West SSP Omar Shahid Hamid revealed that the detained suspect, identified as Ahsan Mehsud alias Roshan, was involved in major acts of terrorism and had also ordered reconnaissance of MQM-P leader Dr Farooq Sattar in 2013. Acting on a tip-off, [RING!] Cop shoppe! Sergeant Shafiq speaking! Lissen! Dis is Mahmoud da Weasel! I got a tip for youse... a police party led by Orangi SP Abid Ali Baloch arrested Ahsan from Mominabad area and recovered a large quantity of kaboom from his custody. SSP Omar said the held suspect is an IT expert who had completed a diploma in computer science from a private IT institute in Gulshan-e-Iqbal and graduated from a private college in DHA. His brother, Ali Mehsud alias Maaz runs a Lion of Islam network in Wadh, Balochistan  ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... while his uncle, Hasan Mehsud is also an active member of the AQIS, the officer said. SSP Omar told Dawn that the arrested suspect had remained a close aide of the Safoora bus carnage convicts namely Saad Aziz and the attack's criminal mastermind, Tahir alias Sain. Posted by: Fred 2018-03-03 |
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