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March 15, 2010 | Pakistani airports placed under high alert over terror threat | Lahore: Pakistan intelligence have been placed under severe terrorist threat following indications that Taliban fighters may attempt to hijack aircrafts in the near
future. Pakistani security forces have so far foiled several bids to smuggle weapons
onto aircrafts, the Daily Times reports. On March 10, the authorities arrested
a man who tried to bring a pistol and explosive material on board a Dubai-bound
flight at the Quaid-e-Azam International Airport in Karachi. Investigators are
still trying to determine whether the arrested man had any other accomplice travelling
with him on the same flight, the sources said. On Saturday, security forces foiled
another attempt to bring a weapon onboard a Karachi-bound flight at the Allama
Iqbal International Airport in Lahore. A disassembled pistol was recovered from
the hand-carry luggage of a passenger. Sources said the criminal had tried to
bring the disassembled parts of the weapon in two separate luggage bags. The
Punjab
Home Department has alerted the police and other law enforcement agencies against
terrorist threats at sensitive locations across Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Lahore.
A circular issued by the Punjab Home Department stated that a group of suicide
bombers have been trained to target Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Lahore.
The group has been provided with suicide jackets and Remote Controlled
Improvised Explosive Devices (RCIDs), it added. |
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