3 leaders and 97 militants of ‘ Al-Qaeda’ captured in Pakistan

Pakistani soldiers captured 97 militants of the terrorist groups “Al Qaeda” and “Lashkar-e Jangvi”, including the three leaders, reports “Armenpress” citing the Reuters.

According to the agency the captives have taken part in numerous attacks on air bases, airports and police facilities.

Moreover, some of the captures, including one of the leaders intended to organize Islamist Sheikh Omar’s escape from the central prison in the city of Hyderabad.

In 2002, he kidnapped and beheaded Daniel Pearl, correspondent of the US newspaper “Wall Street jornel.”

According to the agency, the escape plan was already in the final stage.

Megacity Karachi (Sindh province’s administrative center) has long been considered the “criminal capital” of Pakistan.

Here operate a large number of criminal groups, as well as a number of local militants, religious and political parties and movements, which regularly participate in redistributions in the spheres of influence.

Furthermore, Karachi is often a place of bloody terrorist attacks, which are organized by the extremist Pakistani Talibans- “the Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan” movement, reports TASS.