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India-Pakistan
Bomb-making 'factory' unearthed in Karachi
2013-03-17
KARACHI - Armed with extra powers to crush militants the paramilitary Rangers on Saturday unearthed a bomb-making 'factory'
...the local mosque?...
and arrested at least 13 suspects during a targeted raid and search operation in the Surjani Town area on the outskirts of Karachi.
Somebody forgot to pass a sealed envelope with cash to the right Pak pol?
Later the Rangers sealed off the locally-assembled bomb-making facility. The operation was described by the officials as a huge success against the militants who have turned Karachi into a dangerous city. They also claimed that sniffer dogs played a key role in locating the arms and bombs.

The security officials declined to reveal the identity of the alleged suspects but according to the media the men belong to the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taleban Pakistan (TTP) hailing from upcountry but operating in Karachi for the past several months to create law and order situation.

According to local security personnel, the Rangers recovered as much as 25 kg of explosives and a huge cache of arms and ammunition from the suspects. Five locally-made explosive devices embedded in cricket balls
Blasphemy!!
were also recovered from the factory.

Earlier, the police claimed to have arrested the prime suspect in the Abbas Town blasts along with his two accomplices. The suspects were allegedly linked to the TTP.

Police and Rangers have been carrying out several search operations in volatile areas across the city in an effort to apprehend those responsible for the rising violence in the Karachi after being given special powers to flush out criminals from the city.
Posted by:Steve White

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