Grenade

Grenade event in Sindh, Shah Latif Town of Karachi area, Pakistan on Sat 9th July 2022

9th July 2022

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Police and an intelligence agency jointly carried out a raid in Shah Latif Town of Karachi, the provincial of Sindh, on July 9 and arrested two suspects linked with the Islamic State, reports Dawn. A Police spokesperson said that the held suspects — Mohammed Naeem alias Adil and Mohammed Shakil alias Waqas — were brothers and they were taken into custody from Kohi Goth. The spokesperson said that illegal arms, a grenade and mobile phones were recovered from their custody. During initial probe, they revealed that they were involved in “brainwashing youths and sending them to Afghanistan for militancy training”. Later, the youths joined the IS and Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS).

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