Information About Incident 8768-14980-35976 in Karachi East Pakistan

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According to the IGP, the accused had been arrested while they were heading to attack a mosque in the Defence area, Karachi.

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Context

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According to the IGP, the accused had been arrested while they were heading to attack a mosque in the Defence area, Karachi. However, the IGP pointed out that "these arrested persons have no connection with the two car bomb blasts outside Sheraton Hotel and the US Consulate Karachi". He maintained that, after the death of Riaz Basra, Lahori was acting as the leader of LeJ and he himself monitored and took part in sectarian killings in Karachi where he was residing for the last one and a half years.

Event ID Date Country Storyhead
8768-14980-35976 7/2/2002 Pakistan Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorist admits to high-profile sectarian killings

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