Four suspected militants were arrested on Monday for alleged involvement in terror plots in the country. Two suspected militants, Anwarul Haq and Usman Ghani, were arrested for their alleged involvement in a suicide attack on the US consulate on March 2 that killed US diplomat David Foy, his driver Iftikhar Ahmed, Rangers official Zafar and security guard Hasan Shehzad. Forty-nine other people were injured in the attack. | “The car used in the bomb attack was packed with explosives and transported from Waziristan to Karachi...” |
Police sources said that Anwarul Haq and Usman Ghani told the police during interrogations that all of them had fought against the coalition forces in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, the men developed links with Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Qari Zafar of Waziristan led the group and planned the attack. Mirza said the attackers had monitored the movements of all diplomats stationed at the consulate for quite some time. He said the accused had filled 200 kg of C-4 and TNT explosives in the CNG cylinder and inside seats and mudguards. He said the accused reached the scene a little before 9:00 am and Tahir parked his car in the parking area while Anwarul Haq kept watch for FoyÂ’s arrival. As soon as the diplomatÂ’s car came into sight, Haq made a gesture to Tahir who reversed and rammed his car into FoyÂ’s.