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Pakistan arrests 100 terrorists, foils bid to free Daniel Pearl killer
Updated On: 13 February, 2016 09:38 AM IST | | Agencies
The militants, belonging to top terror networks like the al-Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Tehreek-e-Taliban, had set up a joint team for carrying out terror attacks
Omar Sheikh
Karachi: Pakistan Army yesterday said it has arrested nearly 100 militants and foiled an imminent jailbreak attempt to free top al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, sentenced to death for the murder of Wall Street journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.
The arrested militants were also planning to break Hyderabad jail to release top al-Qaeda leader Omar Sheikh (above), sentenced to death for the murder of the journalist Daniel Pearl. FILE PIC
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