A South African was one of three terror suspects from Africa captured after a gun battle, the Pakistan government said on Monday. The others were from Kenya and Sudan. After a 12-hour shootout at a suspected militant hide-out in eastern Pakistan, it was not immediately clear whether they had links with al-Qaeda, a government spokesperson said in Islamabad on Monday.
| Just simple religious students, there to study the holy Koran at the feet of the masters... |
But the Pakistan Daily Times quoting intelligence sources, reported on its website on Monday that the 12 people were "suspected of links with al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups". It named a South African only as Saleem. "We saw this on the news on Monday morning and are trying to establish whether there is a South African involved," said Sarel van Zyl, South Africa's acting high commissioner in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. So far Pakistani authorities had been unable to confirm this, he said.
| "So tell us, Saleem: you've got 39 passports. Which is the real one?" |
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