Lahore: Three suspects arrested for firing on Police

After police stopped a suspicious looking car at a security check post near Kalma chowk, the three people in the car opened fire on the police officials and then ran into an under construction plaza near the check post.

Police cordoned off the area as the both sides exchanged fire for 15 minutes. Meanwhile police surrounded that three people and eventually arrested them.

After initial investigation, it was found out that the three people were involved in various robberies.

Security forces take out 35 militants in SWA

PESHAWAR: Thirty-five militants were killed during clashes with security forces and aerial raids in South Waziristan Agency, Geo News reported.

According to sources, militants attacked a security check post with rockets and modern weapons in Pah Ziarat area of Wana. Security forces repulsed and killed twenty militants while six soldiers sustained injuries.

Fighter jets pounded militants’ positions in Khonkot and Teri Khadizai areas, killing 15 militants and injuring 10 others. Six militants hideouts were also destroyed.

12 extremists killed in Orakzai action

PESHAWAR: At least 12 extremists were killed and nine others injured in an action by the security forces following attack on their check post, Geo News reported Monday.

According to sources, the extremists attacked on a security check post in Orakzai area injuring two security personnel including an officer.

Soon afterwards, the security forces returned the attacked killing 12 extremists and injuring nine others.

It should be mentioned here that offensive against extremists is underway in Orakzai Agency for last 11 weeks, where at least 1400 extremists have been killed thus far with 160 hideouts of the militants pounded.

Meantime, two factions entered in armed conflict over water issue in Kurram Agency, where three men were killed and various others injured.

Pakistani national back in Chilean jail for explosives

SANTIAGO: A Chilean court ordered back to jail Saturday a Pakistani man who had been charged and briefly detained after traces of explosives were found on him as he visited the US embassy, officials said.

The court deemed 28-year-old Mauhannas Saif ur Rehnab Khan “a danger to society” and revoked his freedom after he was released last week on probation following charges of illegally possessing explosives, but not of violating an anti-terror law.

The court was responding to an appeal filed by prosecutors Thursday against Khan”s release that asked he be placed under preventative detention.

The interior ministry had also joined the attorney general in requesting preventive detention.

Now Khan will be detained as long as 120 days pending the outcome of the investigation of his explosives charge. He handed himself over to authorities Saturday and was taken to a top-security prison in Santiago, officials said.

Khan, an intern at a Santiago hotel, had gone to the embassy on May 10 after being called in for a discussion about his US visa, which had been revoked.

He was arrested after going through a security check, where embassy officials discovered traces of a TNT explosive on his hands, cell phone, bag and documents.

The Pakistani national has denied the illegal explosives charge, saying he harbors no malice toward the United States, where he has relatives.

He said Tuesday his predicament was simply “a big misunderstanding stemming from a mistaken identity.”

20 extremists killed in Orakzai

PESHAWAR: At least 20 extremists have been killed in a clash in Orakzai Agency, where also a security man was martyred another eight were injured, Geo News reported Saturday.

According to the security forces sources, a clash occurred between the security forces and the extremists, where a soldier Ahmed Nawaz martyred and six other personnel were injured.

The injured were transported to the CMH Kohat.

The forces returned the extremists’ attack killing 20 miscreants and injuring several others. The injured extremists fled the scene.

In Sultanghai, the extremists attacked a security check post injuring two personnel.

Meantime, the security gunships pounded the extremists’ hideout in Atmankhel and Torikhel.

Also, two significant havens of the extremists in Orakzai Agency area of Ferozkhel have been brought under control of the security forces.

According to political administration, militants blew up this morning a government boys primary school in Darra Adamkhel’s area of Sarrah Mela; however, no fatality was reported.

Two security men dead in SWA extremists attack

TrendPK.com Two security men dead in SWA extremists attack : WANA: At least two security personnel were martyred and another was injured in an extremists attack at a security check post in South Waziristan Agency, Geo News reported Sunday.
According to government sources, the miscreants attacked at security forces’ Zaver check post in [...]

Luke Air force base Shooting

Luke Air Force Base is on high alert after two men who crashed through the front gate late Monday night in a stolen car were shot, killing one and wounding the other, according to base officials.

Base spokesman Capt. Jerry Gonzalez said the pair allegedly stole a car and attempted to flee from authorities. Gonzalez said base security forces set up a roadblock. As the driver tried to run it, security officers fearing for their safety opened fire.

Luke Air Force Base is located in Glendale, Ariz., outside Phoenix, and is used to train pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets.

In the meantime a report says that a person who was riding a stolen car was killed and another injured when they didn’t stop at a security check point in Luke Air Force Base. A report says that “The car went through the entrance without stopping as required and security forces then used a vehicle to set up a roadblock on a bridge leading to the operational side of the base, near Glendale, Capt. Jerry Gonzalez, a spokesman for the base, told msnbc.com”.

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Luke Air force base Shooting was first posted on February 23, 2010 at 11:40 pm.

Key Accused of Karachi Bank Heist Arrested

KARACHI, Pakistan News: The key accused of the largest bank dacoity of the country has been arrested on Friday, citing police sources.

Accused Shahid Mehmood who was security guard at the bank branch in Karachi has been arrested from Gulistan-e-Jauhar locality of the metropolis and some amount of the looted money was also found, police sources said.

According to the sources, two accomplices of the accused have been at large and police was conducting raids to arrest them.

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Key Accused of Karachi Bank Heist Arrested was first posted on December 18, 2009 at 4:09 pm.