Doctor-cum-militant arrested for links with Safoora attack

Police and other law enforcers conducted a joint operation in Saddar area and nabbed Usman Khan, who is a dentist by profession.

According to sources, the arrested militant-cum-doctor has revealed the connections with the main characters of the Safoora incident. He was the facilitator in the deadly bus attack.

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At least 43 people were killed and 13 others wounded on Wednesday when armed men opened fire inside a bus carrying members of the Ismaili community near Safoora Chowk in Karachi.

The suspect has reportedly confessed to assisting the central accused Saad Azeez and his colleagues.

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Sources told that he was dispatching extortion money to the al-Qaeda collected from various areas of the city.

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