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Pakistani police arrest Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed (again)
 [al jazeera] Pakistani police have arrested Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) armed group and head of its Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) humanitarian wing, intercepting him on his way to court in the central city of Gujranwala,The pancake hat, a dead giveaway. Saeed was arrested on Wednesday by a group of counterterrorism department police at the Kamoke toll plaza, about 50km north of Pakistan's second city Lahore, JuD spokesman Nadeem Awan told Al Jazeera. "The cases against him are all related to fundraising," Awan said. "He is charged with terrorism financing." and masterminding the Mumbai massacre, but that's not grounds for punishment in The Land of the Pure The JuD said it would challenge the arrest in court and apply for bail for Saeed. "We are going to the High Court, and we will continue to use legal means to fight the injustice against us, and we believe the courts will support us," Awan said. Posted by: Frank G 2019-07-17 |
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