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ISLAMABAD, FEB 20
Pakistani police have arrested eight suspected suicide bombers in Karachi, who were planning to attack Shia processions and some religious scholars in the port city.
The suspected bombers have been picked from different areas of Karachi, officials said.
The arrested suspects were from the Punjab, NWFP and Karachi who were planning to hit the office of a federal law enforcement agency in Karachi, religious procession of Shias and target some religious scholars, they were quoted as saying by The Nation today.
However, it was not clear when the arrests were made.
Earlier, law-enforcement personnel had arrested a suspect with the help of public.
Police later followed the clue collected from the suspect and arrested a group of suicide bombers from various areas of the city. Large amount of explosive material was recovered from these suspects.
During interrogation the suspects revealed that illegal citizens like Bengalis and Burmese, who had settled in Karachi were involved in suicide bombings, it said.
The report, however, did not specify whether those arrested were Pakistanis or other country nationals.
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