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India-Pakistan
Police arrest 'Islamic State inspired militant' from Karachi
2016-01-02
[DAWN] KARACHI: Police on Friday claimed to have apprehended a krazed killer having alleged links with Middle-East based 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 Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group, it has been learnt.

The police's Counter-Terrorism Department detained Abdul Aziz from Orangi Town area of the metropolis, said a police brass hat on condition of anonymity.

The officer said that the held suspect was allegedly collecting funds and was involved in recruiting youths for IS to be sent to Syria.

In a related development, Sindh Rangers on Friday apprehended two suspected murderous Moslems belonging to banned outfit in the same Orangi Town and recovered weapons from them, said the spokesperson of the paramilitary force.

Earlier this week, the CTD claimed that it had busted a cell of the krazed killer Islamic State group operating in Sialkot, locked away
You have the right to remain silent...
eight suspects and seized weapons, explosives and laptops, as well as a large number of compact discs containing publicity material.

Investigators claimed that the suspects had taken an oath to "overthrow democracy and introduce Khilafat in Pakistain through armed struggle".

The suspects arrested by CTD belong to different districts of Punjab, but Sialkot served as the base of their operations. They had already established infrastructure in the district to carry out operations across the country.

It was, however, not clear when did the CTD bust the cell.
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