Pakistan detains 'thousands' of militants, holds more than 200
BTN News
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
As the world's 'safe' travel destinations shrink almost by the day, Pakistan’s police and armed forces say they have detained thousands of suspected Islamist militants and have more than 200 still in custody.
The arrests follow the terrorist attack in Lahore last weekend that killed at least 70 and injured dozens more.
An extremist Islamist group called Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (the Freedom Party) - said by Pakistani intelligence to be an offshoot of the Taliban - claimed responsibility for the attack and said the targets were Christians.
Rana Sanaullah, Law minister of the province, said security forces had searched and interrogated more than 5,000 suspects in dozens of raids and were keeping 216 people “for further investigations”.
The Lahore bombing killed 29 children and was Pakistan’s deadliest terrorist onslaught since the Taliban’s massacre of more than 130 students at a school in Peshawar in 2014.
Pakistan detains 'thousands' of militants, holds more than 200
BTN News
Wednesday, 30 March 2016
As the world's 'safe' travel destinations shrink almost by the day, Pakistan’s police and armed forces say they have detained thousands of suspected Islamist militants and have more than 200 still in custody.
The arrests follow the terrorist attack in Lahore last weekend that killed at least 70 and injured dozens more.
An extremist Islamist group called Jamaat-ul-Ahrar (the Freedom Party) - said by Pakistani intelligence to be an offshoot of the Taliban - claimed responsibility for the attack and said the targets were Christians.
Rana Sanaullah, Law minister of the province, said security forces had searched and interrogated more than 5,000 suspects in dozens of raids and were keeping 216 people “for further investigations”.
The Lahore bombing killed 29 children and was Pakistan’s deadliest terrorist onslaught since the Taliban’s massacre of more than 130 students at a school in Peshawar in 2014.
