Police said on Wednesday that they had arrested five members of militant group for allegedly plotting to bomb sensitive sites in Karachi. "We have arrested five terrorists and seized... weapons, explosives and chemicals required for bomb-making," Karachi city police chief Waseem Ahmed told a news conference.
He said the suspects belonged to Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ), which is accused of close links with the Taliban and is blamed for killing hundreds of Shias since the early 1990s. The suspects were arrested before dawn in Sohrab Goth, police said. "They had plans to launch major terror attacks in Karachi," Ahmed said, listing key government buildings, police stations, intelligence establishments and Shia mosques as on their hit-list. "We have information that more terrorists are in Karachi, he said.