13 al Qaeda suspects detained in Balochistan

JULY 14 - Law enforcement agencies in Balochistan have detained 13 suspected militants from a place near Dera Murad Jamali bearing foreign nationalities allegedly having links with al Qaeda network.

The militants were intercepted by the security personnel in a bus going to Multan from Quetta after receiving information about the movement of the militants.

The detentions were made on National Highway, somewhere between Sibi and Notal, from a Peshawar-bound passenger coach.

The detainees include five Afghans, three Turks, two Saudis and two Kuwaitis.

The detainees were carrying five suicide vests and an 11-kilogramme bomb in their baggage.

They were also carrying currency notes of 4,240 US dollars, 694,000 Pakistani rupees, 50,000 Iranian tumans and more than 100,000 Afghanis, reported Dawn News today. Some documents were also seized.

‘They were going to Multan for carrying out suicide attacks in southern Punjab,’ sources said.