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India-Pakistan
CTD arrests 5 suspected terrorists in Rajanpur after foiled bid to bomb train
2019-07-05
[DAWN] Five suspected Death Eaters were arrested by the Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....

Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) after a failed bid to carry out a kaboom on a train in Rajanpur on Thursday.

A bomb disposal squad (BDS) had earlier in the day expertly defused explosives affixed to railway tracks.

According to BDS official Ghulam Abbas, "the bomb weighed 5kg and was attached to the railway tracks along with a remote-controlled device."

The target appeared to be 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...
-bound Khushal Khan Khattak Express, which had left from Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
and was due to pass by in a few hours. It was temporarily halted at the DG Khan station after police sealed off the area and began a search operation.

Later in the evening, the CTD notified the arrest of five suspected Death Eaters from Rajanpur's Giamal area.

The CTD said that additional explosives and some ammunition was recovered from the suspects' possession.

They said that a case had been registered against the suspects on charges of terrorism. Further investigation is underway, and "important disclosures are expected".

Posted by:Fred

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