They were arrested in the suburbs of the eastern city and police also seized “huge quantity of explosive material and weapons from their custody”, deputy chief of police operations Rao Sardar told AFP.
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Source & Credit: Daily Dawn | Pakistan
By Dawn | AFP | July 5, 2010
LAHORE: Pakistan police have arrested 12 suspected terrorists over attacks on two worship places of the Ahmedi community and a hospital in Lahore, officials said on Sunday.
They were arrested in the suburbs of the eastern city and police also seized “huge quantity of explosive material and weapons from their custody”, deputy chief of police operations Rao Sardar told AFP.
Sardar did not disclose when the arrests were made. In May, suspected Sunni militants wearing suicide vests burst into two Ahmadi places of worship in Lahore and killed 82 worshippers.
At least four people were killed in another attack three days later on Jinnah hospital, where victims from the places of worship were being treated.
Sardar said the weapons seized included rocket launchers, hand grenades and anti-aircraft guns.
Another senior police official, Zulfiqar Hameed, confirmed the arrests.
News of the arrests came three days after twin suicide attacks on a Sufi shrine in Lahore killed 43 people.
Police said they have “apprehended” several people in their investigation into Thursday's bombings, which left a trail of carnage at a shrine dedicated to a Sufi saint.
Lahore has increasingly suffered Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked violence, with around 265 people killed in nine attacks since March last year.
The city is considered a playground for Pakistan's elite and home to many top brass in the military and intelligence community. -AFP
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