Four suspected militants belonging to an outlawed group have been arrested for a spate of attacks this year in Karachi. The four, belonging to the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group, carried out at least eight attacks this year, including one on a bus on Oct. 3 that killed six people, said provincial police chief Syed Kamal Shah. The ringleader, Shahnawaz Shan, also confessed to a failed suicide bombing attack on a senior police official in July, Shah told reporters.
| I'll bet old Shahnawaz sure felt embarrassed showing up back at the hideout while his buds were toasting his heroic suicide attack... |
âHe was arrested in an overnight raid. Police seized a Kalashnikov rifle and a pistol from his possession.â Based on Shanâs statements, three of his accomplices were arrested in a series of raids and police found several assault rifles, hand grenades and explosives in their possession, Shah added.
| What's unusual about that? Doesn't everybody in Pakland lug that sort of stuff around? |
The group also attacked a mosque on Feb. 22, killing nine people. âSo far we have not been able to find out whether they had ties with Al-Qaeda.â Lashkar-e-Jhangvi had close ties with the Taleban and some of its militants also helped Al-Qaeda network in Pakistan. Police blame Lashkar-e-Jhangvi for most of the sectarian bloodletting in Pakistan. Every year hundreds of people are killed in the country in targeted attacks by militants.
A bit more, from Shia News...
Wahhabi mullah jumps to death in Pakistan
A Wahhabi mullah died on Tuesday in Karachi after he jumped from a five story building to save himself from being captured, police said.
| "You'll never take me alive, coppers!" [SPLAT!] |
Laeeq, also known as Chacha, belonged to the banned Wahhabi militant group, Lashker-e-Jhangvi. Four other mullahs were also captured in a series of raids by the Pakistani police. Shahnawaz, also known as Shan, Masrur-u-Haq, Mohammed Javed and Mohammed Shamim are believed to be involved in the killing of six Shia Muslims working for SUPARCO. The Inspector General of police, Kamal Shah, while addressing a press conference, said: "These men hate Shia Muslims". |