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| 16 terrorists held in Karachi, DIK |
| 2008-02-16 |
| Police arrested 10 pro-Taliban militants “planning terror attacks during the February 18 elections” in Karachi, as six would-be suicide bombers were also arrested from Dera Ismail Khan (DIK), officials said on Friday. “The [Karachi] militants were ex-members of different banned militant outfits who have now formed a new group,” Sindh Home Minister Akhtar Zamin told Reuters, referring to the newly-formed Tehreek Islami Lashkar-e-Muhammadi. He did not say when the 10 were detained. Police seized explosives, electrical circuits, compact discs and hit lists of high-profile people including politicians, international and national NGOs and police officials from the militants, Zamin said. “They may have been planning to attack some political leader, carry out other acts of terrorism during the election and destabilise the peace of the country,” he said. The militants had ties to top Taliban commander Mullah Mansoor Dadullah, who was arrested and injured near the border with Afghanistan earlier this week, Sindh police chief Azhar Farooqi told a press conference. He said the men were arrested as a result of investigations following a raid on a militant hideout in Karachi on January 29 that nabbed other key Al Qaeda militants. |
| Posted by:Fred |