Pakistani authorities arrested a militant who they say was connected with the murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002.
The Pakistan Rangers, a paramilitary organization, said in a
statement it arrested Qari Abdul Hayyee, alias Asad Ullah, in a covert
operation just north of Karachi's international airport.
Mr. Hayyee, a former leader of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a banned sectarian
group, was involved in Mr. Pearl's death, the statement said. A
Pakistani security official said the arrest occurred three or four days
ago.
Investigators are unsure whether Mr. Hayyee played a direct role in
Mr. Pearl's abduction and beheading but believe he was linked to the
crime through his role as a leader of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in Sindh
province, the official said.
Pakistan banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in 2001, but critics say its
members have continued to operate freely. This year, around 250 people
have been killed in three bomb attacks on the minority Shiite community
in the cities of Quetta and Karachi. Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed
responsibility for the two blasts in Quetta and are suspected by
security officials of involvement in a car bomb outside a mosque in
Karachi earlier this month.
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