7 Al Qaeda Suspects Detained in Karachi
Pakistani agents seized seven suspected Al Qaeda militants and a cache of weapons in a raid in Karachi. Police found five hand grenades, four handguns, ammunition and maps of Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan, an intelligence officer said on condition of anonymity.
There was no word on whether the suspects were plotting an attack. They included two Egyptian and three Afghan men and two unspecified Arab women, the officer said. Police did not identify them.
“Our information is that these are Al Qaeda people,” Information Minister Sheik Rashid Ahmed said. “One is a recognized man.”
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