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| Pakistanis arrest two over US consulate blast |
| 2006-08-21 |
| KARACHI - Two al Qaeda militants suspected of planning a suicide car bomb attack that killed a US diplomat earlier this year have been arrested, Pakistan police said on Monday. The March 2 blast near the gates of the US consulate in the southern city of Karchi killed the bomber, US diplomat David Foy and three other people on the eve of a visit to Pakistan by US President George W. Bush. Jahangir Mirza, police chief of southern Sindh province, said the suspects—Anwar-ul-Haq and Usman Ghani—were arrested in a raid on a hideout in the city on Monday. ‘Both of them belong to al Qaeda and have no links with any local militant group,’ Mirza told a news conference. ‘They are trained militants and have fought against US forces in Afghanistan.’ Last week, a senior government official said police had arrested six militants involved in the same attack. None of those suspects was identified. Following those arrests, the government said the case had been resolved. Mirza said the two militants arrested on Monday were among key suspects in the case. ‘Some other suspects are also being interrogated and more arrests are expected soon,’ he said. Police said at the time of attack they suspected Islamist militants opposed to President Pervez Musharraf’s support for the U.S.-led war on terrorism were responsible. They said the blast, which wounded 49 people, was aimed at disrupting Bush’s visit to Pakistan, but the president went ahead with his trip to the capital, Islamabad, as scheduled. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 And if we are lucky they will get a 3 year prison sentence, if not aquitted. |
| Posted by: Ebbilet Throluger9695 2006-08-21 11:33 |