Terror attack at CIA office in Pak foiled
November 16th, 2010 - 4:33 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Nov 16 (ANI): A terror attack plot at the CIA office in Pakistan was foiled after a man carrying a bag laden with explosives and addressed to a deputy superintendent of police was arrested on Monday when he was about to deliver the parcel.
SSP Alam Khan said that the man arrived at the CIA Centre in Sector I-9/4 and asked the guard at the gate to deliver the parcel to the DSP, the Dawn reported.
When the guard asked him to wait so that he could inform the DSP about the parcel, the man fled after leaving the bag, but police captured him after a brief chase.
The SSP said that during the search, two books- Major Act and Minor Act- containing over 2,000 pages were found in the bag attached with some wires. Bomb disposal personnel were called to defuse the explosives, which were planted in the books by making holes in pages.
A senior officer said that the man, identified as Mohammad Rafique, was a resident of Orakzai Agency, and had been associated with Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam and Jamaatud Dawa in the past.
His son Mohammad Hanif was a suicide bomber who had blown himself up at the gate of Naval Complex on December 2 last year. Two navy officers were killed and 10 others injured in the attack.
DIG Bani Amin said that Rafique was a teacher, but after the demolition of his school by the Tehrik-i-Taliban, he joined TTP’s Majlis-i-Shura in Orakzi Agency.
Rafique had masterminded the Naval Complex suicide attack and also played a role in an attack on the UN World Food Programme office.
Another terror suspect, Sepoy Noor Jahan of the Frontier Constabulary, arrested in connection with the WFP attack in March this year had also spoke of Rafique’s involvement in the two attacks. (ANI)
- Pakistani Taliban filmed target before suicide attack - Nov 03, 2011
- Lashkar-i-Jhangvi behind Karachi CID building attack: Rehman Malik - Nov 12, 2010
- Influential Pak politicians helping Taliban carry out terror strikes, claims terror suspect - Nov 17, 2010
- Tehrik-i-Taliban claims responsibility for killing Ghayoor in Peshawar blast - Aug 04, 2010
- 10 dead, 12 wounded in Afghan airport bombing (Lead) - Feb 27, 2012
- One killed, seven wounded in Quetta suicide attack targeting DIG Investigation - Apr 07, 2011
- 10 die in Afghanistan airport suicide blast - Feb 27, 2012
- 12 killed in Dera Ismail Khan suicide bomb attack - May 18, 2010
- 18 killed in UN building bombing in Nigeria - Aug 26, 2011
- Suicide bomber kills 20, injures 42 near Pakistani market - May 04, 2012
- 13 killed in eastern Afghanistan suicide bomb attack - Mar 28, 2011
- Cop hurt as bomb in manhole explodes in Peshawar - May 11, 2012
- Five police officials suspended for 'dereliction of duty' over Lahore shrine attacks - Jul 05, 2010
- Low-intensity blast near Delhi High Court, no casualties (Intro Roundup) - May 25, 2011
- Four killed in Kabul blasts (Lead) - Aug 19, 2011
Tags: alam khan, bani amin, bomb disposal, chase, cia office, dawa, deputy superintendent, jahan, minor act, mohammad hanif, mohammad rafique, navy officers, suicide attack, suicide bomber, terror attack, terror suspect, ttp, two books, ulema, world food programme