Two arrested for supplying bomb making equipment, explosives seized

Описание: (26 May 2006)
1. Media conference
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Niaz Siddiqui, Karachi police chief:
"The team had information about, that these people had been dealing with the sale, exchange and distribution of explosive material to various quarters, to various people, illegally and unauthorised and in violation of the law. They led us to that place and the team was successful in recovering 425 kilograms of explosives, highly explosive material, 325 kilograms of which comprised of sodium nitrate, and 100 kilograms of which comprised sulphur. In addition to this, 38 steel pellets were also recovered, along with 6 pipes which are used for making bombs. And with it they also recovered over 50-thousand metres of fuse wire which is used for detonating explosives."
3. Cutaway journalists
4. Various of explosives, materials used in making bombs
STORYLINE:
Police on Friday arrested two Pakistani men accused of supplying bomb-making material to Islamic militants and seized nearly half a ton of explosives in a raid in Karachi.
Security forces acting on a tip picked up the suspects during a morning raid on a house in a residential neighbourhood in the southern city of Karachi.
Karachi police chief, Niaz Siddiqui said "The team had information about, that these people had been dealing with the sale, exchange and distribution of explosive material to various quarters to various people, illegally and unauthorised and in violation of the law. "
Police also recovered 425 kilograms (940 pounds) of explosives and other bomb-making material, including 55 metres (180 feet) of wire fuse, he said.
Siddiqui said the suspects confessed to providing explosives to militants in the provinces of Sindh and Baluchistan.
He said experts were examining the explosives to determine whether similar material had been used before in Sindh.
Pakistan's Baluchistan province has been the scene of scores of bomb attacks against security forces and gas fields, most blamed on renegade tribesmen who have waged a campaign to secure more royalties for natural resources extracted in the area.
Pakistan, a key ally of the United States in its war on terror, has been plagued by attacks in recent years.
Karachi, the nation's largest city, is regarded as a hotbed for Islamic militants.

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