‘313’ responsible for killings: officials
By Azfar-ul-Ashfaque
KARACHI: While holding the newly formed jihadi-cum-sectarian outfit ‘313’ as responsible for Friday’s killings in Karachi, investigators fear that more such incidents might take place by Ramazan anywhere in the country as the terrorists want to destabilise the Musharraf government.
Well-placed sources in the Interior Ministry told The News that the outfit ‘313’ was an alliance of three banned militant organisations - Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen al-Alami and Harkat Jihad-ul-Islami.
"Basically, the organisation ‘313’ was formed by militants of three proscribed outfits, who had fought in Afghanistan alongside the Taliban. It aims to target Western interests in the country and its activists may also have connections with al-Qaeda," said a senior government official, adding: "But we have reports that in order to destabilise the government, the militants belonging to 313 may carry out sectarian killings and attacks on minorities as well."
By Azfar-ul-Ashfaque
KARACHI: While holding the newly formed jihadi-cum-sectarian outfit ‘313’ as responsible for Friday’s killings in Karachi, investigators fear that more such incidents might take place by Ramazan anywhere in the country as the terrorists want to destabilise the Musharraf government.
Well-placed sources in the Interior Ministry told The News that the outfit ‘313’ was an alliance of three banned militant organisations - Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen al-Alami and Harkat Jihad-ul-Islami.
"Basically, the organisation ‘313’ was formed by militants of three proscribed outfits, who had fought in Afghanistan alongside the Taliban. It aims to target Western interests in the country and its activists may also have connections with al-Qaeda," said a senior government official, adding: "But we have reports that in order to destabilise the government, the militants belonging to 313 may carry out sectarian killings and attacks on minorities as well."
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