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| Probe leads to Samjauta accused |
| 2007-05-19 |
| Harkat-ul-Jehad-i-Islami (HuJI) activist Mohammed Abdul Sahed alias Bilal, wanted for the blasts on the Samjhauta Express, has emerged as a key suspect in the bomb attack at the Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad. A SIM card believed to have been used to trigger the explosive device at the mosque on Friday was purchased from Kolkata and its trail had led to a link with Bilal, sources in the team probing the attack said. They said that indications had emerged that Bilal could have masterminded the attack with some cadres of the banned SIMI and sleeper cells of Jaish-e-Mohammed. Both HuJI and Jaish follow the Deobandi sect of Islam. Eleven people died in the bomb attack at the mosque while five more died when police fired on protestors who attacked shops in the Charminar area of Hyderabad. Bilal, who took over the command of HuJI on October 12, 2005, has been on the list of most wanted terrorists after he masterminded a suicide attack on the Special Task Force's headquarters in Hyderabad that left one police personnel dead. Bilal, who is believed to be in Karachi, is also wanted for the blasts on the Samjauta Express in February that left 68 people dead. An associate of Rasool Khan ‘Party’, a Gujarat resident, Bilal has been instrumental in sending youths for arms training to Pakistan through Dhaka and some Gulf states, the sources said. |
| Posted by:John Frum |
| #4 activist Mohammed Abdul Sahed alias Bilal, wanted for the blasts on the Samjhauta Express, has emerged as a key suspect in the bomb attack at the Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad. There's that name again! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-05-19 19:59 |
| #3 as if? I'd suggest the obvious answer: "they are" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-05-19 17:38 |
| #2 Minority Affairs Minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir said that the police had withdrawn surveillance cameras and horse-mounted police which were deployed near Mecca Masjid every Friday on the request of Muslim elected representatives and religious leaders as they alleged that Muslims coming to prayers were being frisked and checked as if they were unsocial elements. |
| Posted by: John Frum 2007-05-19 17:28 |
| #1 Here I was thinkin' it was Mossad... |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2007-05-19 13:15 |