KARACHI: Police on Saturday arrested five suspected militants believed to be members of a new radical group allegedly involved in terrorist activity in Karachi, officials said. The suspects were arrested in pre-dawn raids at various places in the city, senior police officer Javed Shah Bukhari said. âDuring the raids we also recovered a large quantity of explosives and detonators meant for terrorist activity,â he said. The new group, the Muslim United Army (MUA) claimed responsibility for blasts at 26 Shell petrol stations. Shah said police were interrogating the five suspects. He said the raids followed information obtained from a suspected militant, Mohammad Riaz, who was arrested several days ago.
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