Information About Incident 54687-107086-270205 in Kasur Pakistan

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Meanwhile, Police claimed to have arrested two suspects, Wajid Baloch and Master Mohammad Nawaz Bhund, for their alleged involvement in the January 15, 2012 bomb blast in Khanpur on a Chehlum procession from Rahim Yar Khan District.

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• Meta Location: Khanpur
• Matched District: Kasur
• Actgroup: arrest
• Actor: Police
• Subject: two suspects , Wajid Baloch and Master Mohammad Nawaz Bhund

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Meanwhile, Police claimed to have arrested two suspects, Wajid Baloch and Master Mohammad Nawaz Bhund, for their alleged involvement in the January 15, 2012 bomb blast in Khanpur on a Chehlum procession from Rahim Yar Khan District. Regional Police Officer (RPO) Mohammad Abid Qadri said that Khanpur City Station House Officer (SHO) Ghulam Dastgeer was patrolling near Pakistan Chowk when he saw two suspicious men with shopping bags in their hands. During a search, the SHO found in the bags 4.5 kilograms of detonators, electric circuits, two 30-bore pistols and 30 rounds. The RPO said the two were planning a bomb attack at an Imambargah on Khairpur Chowk in Alipur town of Muzaffargarh District. The two militants confessed to having links with Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ). They also admitted their involvement in the bomb explosion on a Chehlum procession near Darbar-e-Hussain.

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