[Dawn] Crime Investigation Department claimed to have locked awayBook 'im, Mahmoud!
a notorious member and Ameer of the banned myrmidon outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ...
(LeJ) on Wednesday.
Speaking with the media, SSP CID Operations, Fayyaz Ahmed Khan informed that the LeJ Ameer, Sheikh Mohammad Athar alias Khalid/Anwar/Athar Kaala and his accomplice, Mohammad Shahid alias Chooran, confessed to killing principal of Degree College, Liaquatabad, Syed Sibte Jaffar Zaidi.
Mr Zaidi was a professor and a renowned soz khwan.
The killers associated with the Naeem Bukhari splinter group of LeJ, known to work in alliance with Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP),were arrested from the Surjani Town area of Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
"They have confessed to killing a lot of other people, but we are still confirming the information," Khan said while addressing the media at the Civil Lines head quarter of CID, the same building where a powerful blast destroyed in November 2010.
The CID also seized a large amount of weapons from the men, including: two hand grenades, two Kalashnikov rifles, two 30-Bore TT pistols, five detonators, a cap with a high resolution camera for "surveillance" purposes, 75 bullets and explosives weighing 10 Kg along with ball bearing and nails.
Both men were planning to target election campaign to be held by political officials in the coming days, according to SSP Khan.
Working in small splinter groups spread across Karachi, Khan said that police and Rangers were also on their hit list, apart from high profile politicians in the city.
When asked about how such high profile forces of Evil managed to get away after being arrested, Khan said that it was due to lack of evidence.
"Even the judges and lawyers are scared to take up their (the myrmidons) cases. So how can we expect witnesses to show up with evidence?" he replied.
Khan explained that apart from targeting high profile politicians, media personnel and members of the Shia community in particular were also on their hit list. "They (militants) get their training from Wazoo. The groups not only know each other but also support each other in carrying out their operations."