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| Weapons stolen from Nato containers seized from Mirza's supporters: Thebo |
| 2015-05-26 |
| [DAWN] KARACHI: The Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... police chief claimed on Sunday that the police seized weapons "stolen from NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... containers" from 11 suspects who were accompanying former Sindh home minister Dr Zulfikar Mirza on Saturday. Speaking at a presser, Additional Inspector General of Police Ghulam Qadir Thebo also claimed that the police prevented a possible bloodshed at the Sindh High Court on Saturday by arresting armed supporters of the former home minister. "Commandos of the special security unit, under a strategy and in a professional manner, enjugged Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! 11 armed supporters of the former home minister and prevented the bloodshed," he added. On Saturday, masked and armed coppers in civvies beat Dr Mirza's guards at the SHC building and then turned to journalists covering the violent episode. They smashed parked vehicles and snatched cameras from journalists. The city police chief told news hounds that the police got information that Dr Mirza was coming to the SHC for his bail extension. "We had also received reports that holy warriors were also accompanying him," he said. He said that contingents of police were deployed there and when the former home minister went inside the SHC, 11 suspects "attacked" the police, but the SSU commandos overpowered and arrested them. |
| Posted by:Fred |