Plot to assassinate Musharraf foiled
Karachi,
Dec
13:
Pakistani
intelligence
agencies
have
foiled
a
plot
to
assassinate
President
Pervez
Musharraf
by
arresting
some
members
of
al
Qaeda
from
Karachi"s
Malir
area,
and
seizing
a
large
amount
of
ammunition
from
their
possession,
sources
have
said.
Sources said that al Qaeda members told interrogators that they were plotting to kill Musharraf during his next trip to Karachi. The terrorists had planned to blow up the entire bridge on Drig Road at the precise moment when Musharraf"s convoy would reach there while coming from the airport to Shahrah-e-Faisal, The Online quoted sources, as saying.
They further said that two more attacks were planned in case Musharraf survived the first one.
The arrested al Qaeda members told interrogators that their plans would be carried out despite their arrest as the group had been divided into smaller groups to execute their tasks.
Earlier, in July a rocket was fired on Musharraf's plane when it was flying above Rawalpindi and the President survived the attack narrowly.
Islamic fundamentalists had reportedly threatened Musharraf with suicide bombings after he ordered a crack down on the Lal Masjid in Islamabad.
Till now there has been four unsuccessful attempts on his life. He was first attacked in 2003, but somehow he survived the bomb attack on his car.
ANI
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