Pakistan
Mass arrests of Islamists in Pakistan
In the fight against Islamist Terror could the Pakistan army last hardly any points. Now announced the arrest of nearly 100 Sunni extremists. It was also an attempt has been prevented.
By the arrest of many Islamists have in Pakistan, according to the armed forces to terrorist attacks prevented. 97 men in the metropolis of Karachi in recent months been arrested, said the spokesperson of the army, Asim Bajwa, in a nationwide news conference. They had together attacks planned.
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The men belonged to Al-Qaeda, the Pakistani Talibangruppe TTP, as well as the group Lashkar-e Jangvi, which mainly attacks on the minority Shiites perpetrated. Some of the arrested had planned, the murderer of American journalist Daniel Pearl, Omar Sayed Sheikh, from the prison in Hyderabad to liberate. Pearl was in 2002, has been beheaded.
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Shelter for extremists
In the metropolis of Karachi, thousands of extremists have found shelter. For years, the violence there escalated. According to operations of the military were targeted killings by 70 per cent, said Bajwa. The army has an attack of Pakistani Taliban at a University near the nordwestpakistanischen city of Peshawar, three weeks ago, under pressure. 22 people have been killed. In the past year, the army repeatedly proclaimed, extremism in the country, the backbone is broken.
bri/stu (dpa, rtr)