[NATION.PK] A Pak suspected of being involved in the Beautiful Downtown Peshawar...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
market bombing, one of the country's bloodiest attacks, has been tossed in the slammer
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
in Rome, Italian police said today.
The man, who has been living in Italia, is accused of taking part in an attack on the market in Peshawar in 2009 in which 134 died. He was held at Rome's Fiumicino airport after stepping off a flight from Pakistain.
"Welcome to Italia! Stick 'em up!"
Anti-terrorist police believe he also hid a "suspected suicide kaboomer who was supposed to carry out an attack" in Italia.
Earlier in April, Italian police said they were staging a "vast anti-terrorism" operation against an armed organization inspired by al Qaeda whose members were ready to carry out attacks in Pakistain and Afghanistan.
A series of raids across the country was targeting 18 people, they said. Some had been arrested in Italia, including the group's suspected spiritual leader, but others were believed to have left the country.
Y'cant commit atrocities without a spiritual leader. Somebody's gotta sign off on the fatwas.
The group had "an abundant amount of weapons and numerous faithful willing to carry out acts of terrorism in Pakistain and Afghanistan before returning to Italia," police said in one of a series of statements.
All the suspects are Paks or Afghans, anti-terrorism police official Mario Carta told Rooters, adding that the operation was still in progress.
Some of the men arrested or being sought are suspected of involvement in the October 2009 bombing of the Meena Bazaar in Peshawar, which left more than 100 dead and over 200 people injured.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the group was in touch with the Taliban movement and top al Qaeda figures in Pakistain.
Under Islam if you get arrested y'get 72 virgins who'll take turns sneakin' into your cell in the dead of night when you're awake with your hand under the covers. If you keep your eyes closed they'll guide your hand, so to speak. But that's all you get until you're good and dead.