Pakistan Detains 5,000 After Deadly Easter Attack

Édité par María Luisa
2016-03-29 14:21:45

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Lahore, March 29 (RHC)-- Pakistani authorities detained more than 5,000 suspects, then released most of them, in the two days since a suicide bomber hit a park in the eastern city of Lahore at Easter, killing at least 70 people, a provincial minister said on Tuesday.

Investigators were keeping 216 suspects in custody pending further investigation, said Rana Sanaullah, a state minister for Punjab province from Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's ruling party.

Details of the sweeping raids — aimed at anyone suspected of Islamist extremism — came as the Taliban faction claimed responsibility for the attack issued a new threat on Tuesday, singling out the media.

The Easter bombing was Pakistan's deadliest attack since a 2014 school massacre claimed by the Taliban killed 134 students.

Sanaullah said at least 160 raids were carried out by a mixture of police, counter-terrorism and intelligence agents and confirmed that army and paramilitary forces would be used in future operations.



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