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| Pakistani Authorities Arrest Alleged Islamic Militant | |
| 2003-07-02 | |
| EFL Pakistani authorities have detained a suspected Islamic militant who allegedly masterminded three attacks on Christians last year, killing nearly a dozen people including two Americans, intelligence officials said Wednesday. Abdul Jabbar was picked up during a raid in a remote village near the city of Sargodha, 120 miles southwest of Islamabad, the capital, an intelligence official told The Associated Press. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Jabbar played a key role in organizing the attacks on two churches and a missionary school in 2002. The Interior Ministry refused to confirm or deny the arrest. But officials familiar with the suspect's interrogations said Jabbar was being questioned about his alleged role in the attacks. Truncheon alert! Five people, including two Americans, were killed on March 17, 2002, when a militant hurled grenades into a Protestant church in Islamabad attended by members of the diplomatic community. The attack also wounded 45 worshippers. The dead Americans were Barbara Green, a U.S. Embassy staffer, and her daughter Kristen Wormsley. The others killed included one Afghan, one Pakistani and one of unknown nationality. On Aug. 5, masked assailants stormed a Christian school campus in Murree, about 30 miles east of Islamabad, killing six Pakistanis and wounding two others. Four days later, three militants tossed grenades at a church on the grounds of a Presbyterian hospital in Taxila, about 25 miles west of Islamabad, killing four nurses and wounding about 25 people. Jabbar allegedly heads a faction of the outlawed Jaish-e-Mohammed group. A very busy outlawed faction.
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| Posted by:Steve |