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| Pak police arrest 7 terrorists for consulate bombing |
| 2002-06-20 |
| Pakistani police have taken seven men into custody in connection with last week's deadly car bombing against the US Consulate and last month's attack that killed 11 French engineers. Officials said the seven belong to the Sunni Muslim extremist Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group. The group had been known for attacks against Shiite Muslims, but authorities suspect it may have expanded its targets to include foreigners because of anger over the US-led war against terrorism. They said earlier that Jhangvi might have folded into Lashkar-i-Omar... Police said two of them - believed to be senior Lashkar-e-Jhangvi figures - were detained several days ago and the others on Wednesday. A cache of explosives and weapons, including 90 Kalashnikov assault rifles, were confiscated in the second raid. An armory with 90 AKs in kinda hard to explain, I'd think... None of the seven has been charged. Why the hell not? However, the officials said the men were being questioned in connection with Friday's blast at the US Consulate which killed 12 Pakistanis and wounded 50 people, as well as the May 8 suicide bombing in front of a luxury hotel that killed 11 French engineers and three other people, including the bomber. Well, I can only hope they're using the heavy-duty truncheons on them. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |