Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Capital police foil terror bid on CIA office

The Federal Capital Police on Monday, foiling a disastrous attack at the office of the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA), have arrested a terrorist and recovered explosive material with a detonator from his bag, police said.

The suspect was trying to sneak into the main office of CIA to blow up the building, official spokesman of the Capital police told our sources. The alleged terrorist was identified as Muhammad Rafique, son of Noor Muhammad, belonging to Jabba, Abdur Rahimkhail, Orakzai Agency.

During the investigation, the suspect told the police that the 15-year-old suicide bomber, who blew himself up last year at the main gate of the Naval Headquarters, was his son Muhammad Hanif and was a student of 7th class in a religious seminary in Chamkani, KPK.

The suspect disclosed identity of his three more aides — Abdullah, Mast Ali and Alyas. He told the police that they were affiliated with a group of Tehrik-e-Taliban, led by Hafiz Saeed. He disclosed that the group had been involved in kidnappings for ransom and had kidnapped many businessmen, including Akhtar, Adil Shah and Haji Sawab, and got millions of rupees ransom against their release.

Police sources told this scribe that the police had arrested four terrorists about two weeks back with the help of intelligence agencies.The sources disclosed that the group of terrorists had a plan to hit President Asif Zardari and PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif. The group was also involved in the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

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