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| 3 would-be suicide bombers arrested in Punjab, NWFP |
| 2009-07-03 |
| Police on Thursday arrested a would-be suicide bomber with an explosives-laden vehicle in Tajazai area of NWFP's Lakki Marwat district, reported a private TV channel as the APP news agency said that two other would-be suicide bombers had been arrested from in Islamabad. The channel quoted Lakki Marwat District Police Officer Imran Zahid as saying that police had seized 600 kilogrammes of explosives from the bomber's vehicle in Laki Marwat. The DPO said the bomber had been identified as Sadaam, a resident of Miranshah area of North Waziristan. Meanwhile, APP said the bombers in Islamabad, along with "an assistant", had been arrested on the basis of intelligence reports. The news agency reported that the arrested men, identified as Imran and Iqbal, were members of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. Police also seized suicide jackets. The men have been shifted to an unidentified location for investigation. Separately, the Online news agency reported that law-enforcement agencies, backed by intelligence officials, had arrested nine "terrorists" from various different areas of Punjab and seized explosives. The nine men were arrested from Sumandri, Faisalabad, Sanglawala and Jaranwala in an operation early on Thursday. The news agency quoted sources as saying that all nine men were members of a banned religious organisation. |
| Posted by:Fred |