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| British police find weapons used to kill Dr Imran Farooq |
| 2010-10-02 |
| [Dawn] British police said Friday they had recovered a knife and brick used in the attack on Pak politician Imran Farooq, who was stabbed to death outside his home in north London last month. "Detectives have recovered a 5.5-inch (14cm) bladed kitchen knife and a house brick which were used in the attack on Dr Imran Farooq in Edgware two weeks ago," a statement from London's Metropolitan Police said. It said the items were found in Green Lane, the street where the 50-year-old was found with head injuries and stab wounds on September 16. He was declared dead at the scene. Officers from the Met's counter-terrorism command were trying to trace two Asian men in connection with the murder, police said, but added that they "retain an open mind as to a motive." No arrests have yet been made and police urged witnesses to come forward. Farooq was a founding member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a major force in Pakistain's biggest city Karachi. The city went on alert following his death, after the murder of an MQM politician the previous month triggered a wave of violence, and traders ceased business for the day in mourning. Farooq claimed asylum in Britain in 1999. He was wanted in Pakistain over scores of charges including torture and murder related to the MQM's activities but always claimed the accusations were politically motivated. The London-based Observer newspaper reported on Sunday that Farooq may have been about to leave the MQM and join a new party being set up by former Pakistain president Pervez Musharraf, who also lives in London. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 The perps were probably on the next flight back to Pak land. |
| Posted by: Dave UK 2010-10-02 09:16 |
| #1 Since guns have been banned and knives restricted, yet armed assaults continue with bricks, bricks must be regulated and banned too. That'll get rid of the third little piggy too. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2010-10-02 07:58 |