We will take revenge and soon. We will give our reply to this drone attack to America, said Hakimullah Mehsud.—AP/File
PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s Taliban have threatened to avenge the death of their leader in a US missile strike, as experts warned Wednesday of possible attacks by a new leadership keen to prove its strength.
Hakimullah Mehsud late Tuesday declared himself new chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militia, confirming for the first time that Baitullah Mehsud was killed this month.
‘We will take revenge and soon. We will give our reply to this drone attack to America,’ Hakimullah Mehsud told AFP.
On Wednesday another Taliban leader, Wali-ur Rehman, backed Hakimullah’s claim and said he had been appointed rebel chief in the insurgent stronghold of South Waziristan.
‘Myself and the whole of the Taliban movement announced its support for Hakimullah. He is now our new head,’ said Rehman.
‘All the Taliban are united. There are no differences among us… We will continue our struggle against the enemy and our main enemy is America and all those who support, help and side with America against Muslims.’—AFP
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SEATTLE – Two men arrested Friday night during a bizarre shooting spree along Interstate 5 in North Seattle may have been planning to fire at vehicles driving up and down the freeway, police said Sunday.
“One theory is that maybe they were going to snipe at people as they were driving by on I-5,” Seattle Police Department spokeswoman Renee Witt told KOMO News.
Investigators also found a hidden campsite the suspects had built in a wooded area near North Seattle Community College, Witt said.
Trash and debris litters the remnants of the suspect’s campsite. |
She said the positioning of the camp also lends credence to the idea that the suspects planned a sniper attack on the freeway.
But she cautioned that it is just a theory at this point. “We don’t know,” she said. “One good thing is they’re both in custody,” she added.
Both suspects are being held in the King County Jail following the Friday night shooting spree only yards from Interstate 5 near North Seattle Community College.
One of the suspects was found with an AK-47 assault rifle and multiple rounds of ammunition, police said.
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London, Aug 6 (PTI) Interpol today issued a global alert for 13 suspects wanted for the audacious 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks that claimed nearly 183 lives.
The alert was issued on written request by Islamabad, which said the 13 suspects were wanted by police authorities in Pakistan in connection with ongoing investigation into the Mumbai terror attacks, a statement released by the international police agency said.
Though the statement did not identify the suspects, but it said the global alert contains the names of the fugitives and their other data which has been sent to 186 member countries.
The alert asks Interpol member countries to assist in locating the fugitives and immediately notify National Central Bureau (NCB) at Islamabad or Interpol’s General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon in France with any investigative leads.
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