Abbas Town tragedy: Court awards 14-day physical remand of 6 suspects

Suspects reveal they belong to South Waziristan, had come to Karachi in search of a job.


Web Desk March 15, 2013
Damanged residential apartments in Abbas Town. PHOTO: RASHID AJMERI/EXPRESS/FILE

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court awarded 14-day physical remand of six suspects arrested for involvement in the Abbas Town blasts, Express News reported on Friday.

The suspects include Sher Alam Mehsud, Bashir Ahmad and Inam Ullah.

During the initial investigations, the suspects revealed that they belong to Wana, South Waziristan.

They also claimed that they had come to Karachi in search of a job.

Twin blasts in Shia-dominated Abbas Town, Karachi, on March 3 left at least 50 dead and over 140 injured.

The Supreme Court took suo motu notice of the incident, while police raided different areas in the city in order to arrest those involved.

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