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| Banglacops arrest key suspect in Hyderabad bombings | |
| 2007-09-03 | |
Hamza, also an accused in the Mecca mosque blast in Hyderabad in May that claimed 11 lives, was responsible for smuggling high-intensity RDX explosives into India on the orders of Bilal, police sources told the Times. The Hyderabad police learnt about Hamza's involvement in the twin blasts when they interrogated Abdul Sattar, a HuJI militant currently in jail. Hamza, who, like Bilal was a Hyderabad resident, left India in 2004. According to the Indian police, Hamza had been helping Bilal in various terrorist activities as well as recruiting for the HuJI in Hyderabad. He frequently crossed over from Bangladesh into India in the past few years and would often meet Bilal and his brother Mazid, the report said. Other news reports said Hamza was a trans-border criminal who had extended support to HuJI and other Pakistan-based militant groups purely for monetary gains. But it might be difficult for Indian authorities to extradite Hamza to India in the absence of an extradition treaty with Bangladesh. Over the weekend, the Hyderabad police named 15 people as suspects in the blasts at an outdoor auditorium and a popular eatery that left more than 50 injured. While four of the suspects were already under arrest, Bilal and 10 others were still at large. The suspects were named on the basis of a confession by Shaik Abdul Nayeem, an operative of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba militant group who was arrested last year while trying to enter Indian territory from Bangladesh. Nayeem had also confessed to a role in the July 2006 blasts on the train network in Mumbai which killed 186 people, as well as links with other terrorist groups like HuJI and smuggling of explosives. Soon after the blasts, senior officials and security agencies had blamed terrorist organizations based in Bangladesh and Pakistan for the attacks. The powerful bombs are believed to have been planted in bags and triggered by a timer device. | |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #1 The suspects were named on the basis of a confession by Shaik Abdul Nayeem, an operative of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba militant group who was arrested last year while trying to enter Indian territory from Bangladesh All terrorist attacks lead back to one country-our allies PAKISTAN!!!!! |
| Posted by: Paul 2007-09-03 09:18 |