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Pakistani intelligence arrests nearly 100 militants | Pakistani intelligence arrests nearly 100 militants |
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KARACHI, Pakistan — Pakistan’s intelligence agencies arrested a collective of 97 “hardcore terrorists” from three banned groups involved in a string of major terrorist attacks and seized weapons, explosives and communications gear intended for future attacks, a Pakistani official said Friday. | |
Lt. Gen. Asim Saleem Bajwa told reporters at a press conference in Karachi that the militants belonged to different groups — Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Tahrik-eTaliban Pakistan and the local al-Qaeda affiliate. | |
“Among the arrested militants are three high-value targets and 94 hardcore terrorists,” including 26 with government bounties on their capture, said Bajwa. | |
The army spokesman said those arrested include explosives experts, financiers and militants preparing to become suicide bombers. The militants had been arrested in a series of raids and operations over the course of several months. | |
He said they had been coordinating on logistics and planning and were in the midst of planning a major attack on a jail in Hyderabad in order to free Ahmed Umar Saeed Shaikh, who was convicted of involvement in the killing of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl in 2002. | |
“Their plan for Hyderabad jail break was about to be executed for which they have prepared explosives-laden vehicles,” said Bajwa. | |
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