Karachi police foil terror plot to bomb Ashura processions
Pakistan
Karachi police foil terror plot to bomb Ashura processions
Karachi police has foiled a terror plot to bomb 9-10 Muharram processions in Karachi and arrested a militant Imamuddin alias Muawia. The culprit wanted to bomb the procession with explosive laden vehicle. The culprit was also the mastermind of attack on the bus of French engineers outside Sheraton Hotel Karachi. SSP-SIU Raja Umar Khatab told a news conference that the militant has been arrested from Ayyub Ghot area of Suhrab Ghot while his three companions fled the scene. Arms, suicide jackets, explosive material, pistols and bullets were recovered from the possession of the culprit.
