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| Police arrest bomber plotting to kill Fazl |
| 2008-02-04 |
| Police arrested a teenager who had confessed to plotting a suicide attack to kill Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, security officials told Reuters on Sunday. The 16-year-old boy was arrested late on Saturday in Dera Ismail Khan where the JUI-F chief lives. “The boy was caught ... with a vest and explosives,” an intelligence official said anonymously. He said the would-be attacker had admitted that Fazl was his target. The JUI-F chief is believed to have angered militants by opposing clerics who governed a radical mosque in Islamabad, before commandos stormed it in July. More than 100 people were killed, including many gunmen. Two other intelligence officials confirmed a youth planning to become a suicide bomber and attack Fazl had been arrested. The chief of police in Dera Ismail Khan said a boy had been arrested but denied he was part of a plot to kill Fazl. The JUI-F chief was not immediately available for comment. Other suspects: Police official Sarfraz Khan told AFP that they were looking for two other suspects in this regard. The government has warned all politicians that they face the danger of attacks in the run-up to the February 18 general election. Former Pakistan People’s Party chairwoman Benazir Bhutto was killed in a suicide attack on December 27. |
| Posted by:Fred |