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| Afghanistan/South Asia |
| Suspect Quetta Attack is Brother-in-Law of Ramzi Yousef |
| 2004-03-04 |
| ... Less than two hours after the attacks in Iraq, at least three attackers in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta opened fire and hurled grenades at a procession of Shiite worshippers, then blew themselves up as troops moved in. Two attackers died and the other was in custody in critical condition. At least 43 people were killed, including the attackers.... Daud Badini, a leading suspect in a July 2003 attack that killed 50 Shiite worshippers in Quetta, was a brother-in-law of Ramzi Yousef, who is serving a life term in the United States for the 1993 World Trade Center bombings. Badini remains at large, but four other suspects from the outlawed Pakistani Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi have been jailed for 2003 killings in Quetta. Allama Mahdi Najfi, the chief Shiite Muslim cleric in Quetta, blamed pro-Taliban and al-Qaida militants within Pakistan’s main Sunni extremist organizations - Sipah-e-Sahaba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi - for Tuesday’s attack. "We know that pro-Taliban and al-Qaida people were involved in previous terrorist attacks against our people," he told AP. "We are certain that the same people did it today." .... |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |