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| Pakistan police seek three men over Karachi bombing |
| 2002-05-10 |
| Pakistani police sought three men who bought a car used in this week's suicide bombing. Police said Friday the men purchased the car from a dealer in central Karachi Tuesday, a day before the blast outside the Sheraton Hotel which killed 11 French nationals and three Pakistanis. Security officials claimed a breakthrough as they revealed they had traced the origin of a 1976 Toyota Corolla used in the bombing to the Majeed Autos dealership in central Karachi. They said three men, apparently Pakistanis aged in their 20s, had paid more than 100,000 rupees (1,670 dollars) for the car which had a market value of only around 75,000. The men then push-started the vehicle instead of waiting for the dealers' mechanics to replace the flat battery. Given the time-tested, proven ineptitude of the |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |