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US citizens due in Pakistan court US 'plotters' in Pakistan court
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Five US nationals suspected of plotting attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan are due to appear in a Pakistani court. Five US citizens suspected of plotting attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan have been remanded after appearing in a court in eastern Pakistan.
Police have said they would seek life sentences on terror charges against the five young Muslim men, who are from the Washington DC area. The young Muslim men, who are from near Washington DC, were arrested during a raid on a house in the city of Sargodha in early December.
The men were arrested during a raid on a house in the eastern Pakistan city of Sargodha in early December. Police have said they will seek life sentences on terror charges against the defendants.
US officials said they were wanted by the FBI and had gone missing in the US state of Virginia in November. They are next due to appear in court on 18 January.
Their families reported them missing after finding a farewell video message, showing scenes of war and calling for Muslims to be defended. US officials said they had disappeared from the US state of Virginia in November.
The men hold US passports. Two of them are Pakistani-Americans, while the remaining three are of Eritrean, Ethiopian and Egyptian origin, officials said. Their families reported them missing after finding a farewell video message, which is said to have shown scenes of war and calls for Muslims to be defended.
Two of them are Pakistani-Americans, while the remaining three are of Eritrean, Ethiopian and Egyptian origin, officials said. All of them have US passports.
Police said laptops, mobile phones and maps of Pakistani cities were recovered from the property during the operation.Police said laptops, mobile phones and maps of Pakistani cities were recovered from the property during the operation.
They said the men had been in direct contact with various militant groups in Pakistan since August.They said the men had been in direct contact with various militant groups in Pakistan since August.