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KARACHI: An alleged
leader of banned religious organisation, Lashkar Jhangvi, was
arrested here Tuesday alongwith his accomplice by the police.
At a news conference here, DIG Operations, Tariq Jamil said
that Mohammed Attar alias Khalid Memon alias Kala was arrested
in a raid from a house in Nazimabad No 3. His other accomplice
was identified as Sajid Jabbar alias Bhudda.
The accused, he said, were involved in 13 cases of terrorism
including parcel bomb attacks on the offices of the police
department.
The DIG said that one Kalashnikov, 9 pistols, 6 hand grenades,
5 silencers, 250 live bullets, 250 kg of explosive material,
detonators were recovered from the house in the raid.
Literature related to terrorism, fake identity cards, and
passports were also recovered.
Meanwhile, a foreign news
agency quoting an anonymous police official reports that Sajid
Jabbar was suspected of involvement in the kidnapping and
murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Pearl in 2002 as well
as several other militant attacks.
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