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Sunday, October 19, 2003

3 militants sentenced for plotting to kill Musharraf

Press Trust of India
Islamabad, October 19

A Pakistani court on Saturday sentenced three militants belonging to a
Jehadi outfit for ten years imprisonment for hatching a conspiracy to
assassinate President Pervez Musharraf last year.

The judge of the anti-terrorism court in Karachi, Aley Maqbool Rizvi
convicted and sentenced Mohammed Imran, Mohammed Hanif and Ashraf alleged
activists of Harkatul Mujahideen Al-Almi outfit for ten years rigorous
imprisonment for attempting to kill Musharraf.

The court, however, acquitted two others, including accused Sharib and a
police Inspector Wasim Akhtar, who was also co-accused in the case, for lack
of evidence.

The militants attempted to assassinate Musharraf on April 26, 2002, during
one of his trips to Karachi.

According to prosecution the alleged plot failed as the remote-controlled
bomb hidden in car failed to detonate.

The Attorney for the three convicts said he will appeal against the verdict.

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