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| IS-inspired militants behind Safoora carnage, Sabeen Mahmud murder |
| 2015-07-02 |
| [DAWN] KARACHI: Militants involved in the deadly Safoora Goth massacre and the murder of prominent social activist Sabeen Mahmud were inspired by the self-styled Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... , said a top counter-terrorism official of Sindh police on Wednesday. "The accused murderous Moslems established their own group in 2014 but they did not name it," said Raja Umer Khattab, an official of Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Sindh police. "This group was inspired by the ideology and terror activities of groups such as self-styled Islamic State and wanted to establish an affiliation with them," added the CTD official while speaking at presser. Khattab further added that Tahir alias Minhas alias Sain and Jalal were members of al Qaeda in 2014, but later developed differences over funding and other organizational matters. Later, Tahir established his own group while Jalal remained associated with Al Qaeda. "It is possible that Jalal's group was recently involved in the murder of two DSPs, one SP and several other police officials," added Khattab. He revealed that the JIT's (Joint Investigation Team) investigation has been completed. Other accused in the Safoora carnage are Saad Aziz, Hafiz Nasir Ahmed, Mohammad Azhar Ishrat and Asad Rehman. Also read: Attack on Debra Lobo: Eye-witness identifies Saad Aziz as main shooter A polygraph test conducted by an expert, corroborated the confession of the accused regarding involvement in over two dozen gunnies attacks. Responding to a question, Raja Umer Khattab said he could not rule out the possibility of links between murderous Moslems led by Jalal and India's spy agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) or any other foreign intelligence agency |
| Posted by:Fred |