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| India-Pakistan |
| Two suspects held with explosives |
| 2013-09-09 |
| [Dawn] Two persons were taken into custody by the capital police and an intelligence agency on the suspicion of their links with a terrorist organization on Saturday, sources in the police told Dawn. The arrests were made during a raid on a house at Khayaban-e-Kashmire in G-15 sector by a joint team of the police and the intelligence agency. The police announced that they would share the details of the raid with the media at a news conference but later cancelled it for unknown reasons. The sources said during the raid, 5.5 kilogrammes of explosives, 16 detonators, 10 hand grenades, four remote-controlled toy planes, spying gadgets, four 222-bore guns, two 9mm pistols and two Kalashnikovs were also recovered from the house. The Tarnol police produced one of the nabbed Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! suspects, a cousin of the house owner, before a court. The court gave him in police custody on a physical remand. The police officially did not share any detail about the development with the media. However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... a police official told Dawn that the matter was being investigated, adding the main suspect was not in the police custody. The sources said it was suspected that the two men had links with Al Qaeda and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TPP). It has been revealed that the suspects had planned to fill the remote-controlled toy planes with half a kilogramme explosives each and use them to target three to four important installations outside the red zone in Islamabad, the sources said. After engaging the law enforcement agencies in the buildings, the gunnies would carry out a massive attack inside the high security zone, they added. The suspects had filled the four toy planes with explosives which were defused by the police bomb disposal squad. The sources said the planes could carry up to one kilogramme explosives each and could be sent up to a considerable height. Besides, it can also be handled from a long distance. When the raid was conducted at the house, there were also some women but after the raid they disappeared. They police took into their custody only one of the suspects. |
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