Three militants held

13 Oct, 2008

Frontier Corps, police and secret agencies' personnel have arrested on Sunday three alleged militants, who were staying in a local hotel in Zhob bus stand, 320km off from the provincial capital, police sources told APP.
Sources said that the law enforcement agencies' personnel on tip off, raided Gul Bahar hotel located at Zhob bus stand where buses and vans board passengers for various parts of the country and arrested the alleged militants who were staying there.
Sources refused to disclose the names of the militants and their nationality. They also refused to give comments whether any suicide jacket or explosive materials were recovered from their possessions.
Further, sources rejected the report that they were suicide bombers and said preliminarily report indicated that the arrested persons were only militants. A complete investigation would reveal whether the militants were suicide bombers or not. Officials of law enforcement agencies shifted the arrested militants to some unknown location for interrogation, sources added.

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