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Suspected terrorist arrested in Lahore

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Press Trust of India Lahore
Pakistani authorities today arrested a suspected terrorist here and recovered huge quantity of explosives that was enough to blow up a building.

Police raided a house in the city's Kahna area and arrested the man, Superintendent Police Tariq Aziz told PTI.

The man is identified as Sarfraz.

Aziz said seven boxes of TNT slabs, six boxes of detonator, 10 roles of detonation wires had been seized from the house.

"The explosives were enough to blow up a building," Aziz said.

Sources said the suspect was given the task to target a law enforcement agency building in Lahore.

The man was shifted to unidentified place for interrogation.
 

"It has not been established yet that Sarfraz belongs to Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan," the SP said.

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First Published: Mar 07 2014 | 7:16 PM IST

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