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| A dozen more Sipah thugs nabbed in Rawalpindi |
| 2002-07-03 |
| Police on Tuesday arrested 12 suspected terrorists who were allegedly planning attack on worship places in Rawalpindi and seized a huge quantity of weapons. The weapons seized by the police included nine kalashnikovs, eight 222 rifles, one 8mm rifle, four grenades, three detonators, one light machine gun, one rocket launcher, 10 rocket launcher shells, 2200 cartridges, including 560 bullets of LMG, and 15 boosters. "Well, y'see, we wuz gonna go huntin' elk, but somethin' came up, so we just left all that stuff at the hideout... uh... club." The SSP suspected that the arrested people belonged to Sipah-i-Sihaba. It was yet to be ascertained whether they had any link with Al Qaeda. The SSP said raids were still underway to arrest other members of the group, who managed to escape from the scene during a police crackdown on Tuesday morning. He said different raiding parties had been formed after a tip-off was received that some "terrorists" were planning attacks in Rawalpindi. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |