Intelligence agencies in a joint operation with law enforcement agencies arrested four people on Monday on suspicion of having links with the Al Qaeda network. Two Turks and one African were nabbed in Lahore and a Pakistani, Arshad alias Sikandar, was caught in Sialkot. Arshad was one of the most wanted sectarian terrorists allegedly involved in more than 12 sectarian killings and other terrorism.
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Sources said the foreigners were arrested from a seminary in Shadbagh on a lead taken from Naeem Noor Khan, a computer expert of the Al Qaeda network. Sources said two AK 47 rifles, 12 rockets, three launchers, four pistols and 400 bullets were found from Arshad. He was hiding with Shakil and Osama in a Nawan Pind house. They escaped. Sources said Arshad is a Harkatul Jihad-e-Islami Al Alami activist. "A frontline terrorist of banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, he killed 12 Shias in different incidents," said the sources. |