Karachi police foil terror bid, arrest suspect

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Karachi police foil terror bid, arrest suspect

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Karachi CID police have foiled a terrorism plan on Imam Hussain (RA)s Chehlum and arrested suspect.

14 January,2012 08:56 pm

Police said they have arrested a man who was mastermind of the bombing at Abdullah Shah Ghazi shrine and seized 50kg explosives and four suicide vests.Addressing a news conference, Additional IG CID Ghulam Shabbir Sheikh said Muhammad Daud, a member of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban, was arrested from Ittehad Town. He said 50kg explosives, four suicide vests, 10 hand grenades, rocket launcher, two rockets, two klashnikovs, LMG and a thousand cartridges have been recovered from his custody. He said the suspect confessed to having plotted bombings on Imam Hussain (RA)’s chehlum.