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| Five arrested in school attack... |
| 2002-08-08 |
| Islamabad police have taken into custody five persons - one of them a suspected Al Qaeda member - in connection with Monday's terrorist attack on Murree Christian School which left six persons dead and four others injured. Iftikhar Ahmed, a spokesman for Interior Ministry, when contacted, disclosed that the Rawalpindi police have taken five persons into custody from Pirwadhi in connection with the missionary school attack and they are being questioned. The spokesman said: "None of the arrested persons are Arab nationals. However, one of them is a suspected Al Qaeda member." A joint army and police team aided by sniffer dogs and helicopters continued combing the green woods of Murree Hills on Tuesday to track down the terrorists who disappeared after the attack on the school. The spokesman said they had not asked any foreign agency to help the local law enforcement agencies in the case so far and added that the killing of three "terrorists" in an AJK village has apparently no link with Monday's terrorist attack in Murree. They just said they did, then committed suicide to avoid having to face being proven liars... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |