Ten suspects in September's bomb blast in the Maldives that injured One Brit, one Japanese and eight Chinese tourists escaped to Pakistan according to the Pakistan High Commission in Male'. The immigration official charged with helping two of the suspects escape has appeared in court today on charges of aiding terrorism.
Red Notices have been issued via Interpol on all ten suspects to aid their capture and extradition, in an unprecedented move by the Maldivian police.
Minivan News reports:
"The group of ten fugitives, said to be the "masterminds" behind the incident, fled out of the country to Pakistan to escape capture, with some leaving before and some after the incident on 29 September 2007.
The Pakistani High Commission's second secretary, Dr Jamuluddin, confirmed to Minivan News today that the suspects had entered Pakistan last year – with most flying in via Karachi – but that they did not know their current location.
Despite their absence, they have been charged with terrorist acts relating to the explosion that went off in Sultan Park, injuring twelve tourists.
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The High Commission said that they were negotiating with authorities in order to find the escapees."The [Pakistani] government is trying to locate [the suspects] at the moment. If they are in Pakistan they will be found," Jamuluddin said.
Three other suspects arrested in the Maldives were each sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment last month after admitting to police they had planted the device to "target, attack and injure non-Muslims, to fulfil jihad."
And while the Chief Justice has suggested previously that the suspects learned how to make bombs at a madrassa in Pakistan, the police could not confirm this today and the high commission said this was "impossible".
"No-one has been trained in Pakistan. It is not true," Jamuluddin added, claiming that foreigners had been removed from madrassas following the US terrorism attacks of September 11th 2001."
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SJS alert from http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23179321-661,00.html?from=mostpop
"A WOMAN charged with hijacking after she allegedly stabbed two pilots during a harrowing mid-air drama demanded to be flown to Australia, police say.
A Victorian male passenger was caught up in the chaos on the New Zealand domestic flight.
The 33-year-old Somali woman is accused of trying to take over the passenger plane."
Somali Methodist?
"If they are in Pakistan, they will be found."
Ah yes, we can trust them. They will be found, just like Bin Laden.
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