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Attack on Pakistan parliament & mosque foiled

As per the source below, the second attack was supposed to take place on Parliament

Would-be suicide attack on Islamabad foiled

Updated at: 1544 PST, Friday, November 26, 2010
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces on Friday arrested two would-be suicide attackers in the capital Islamabad, which Interior Minister Rehman Malik said thwarted attacks on parliament and a mosque.

"We have foiled a plot to attack parliament and surrounding buildings, and a mosque and arrested two militants," Malik told state television.

The minister said one of the men came from the northwestern town of Bannu and intended to carry out a suicide attack on a mosque in the up market F8/1 residential neighbourhood, home to Westerners and wealthy Pakistanis.

Senior Islamabad police official Bani Amin confirmed the arrests and the intention to attack the mosque.

"The arrests were made today in Islamabad. They had suicide jackets. Their target was a mosque in Islamabad."

Source: Would-be suicide attack on Islamabad foiled - GEO.tv
 
Attack on Pakistan parliament & mosque foiled

Pakistan said security forces arrested two would-be suicide bombers in the capital Islamabad on Friday , adding that the thwarted attacks targeted parliament and a mosque in an upmarket neighbourhood.

Security forces launched a manhunt for others who may have been involved in the alleged plot, which officials said could have caused chaos in the heavily guarded capital where bombings have targeted Westerners in recent years.

"We have foiled a plot to attack parliament and surrounding buildings, and a mosque and arrested two militants ," Pakistan's interior minister Rehman Malik told state television.

The minister said one of the men came from the northwestern town of Bannu and intended to carry out a suicide attack on a mosque in F8-1 , a neighbourhood of sprawling villas where many Westerners and wealthy Pakistanis live. The second man wanted to attack parliament, surrounding buildings in the heavily fortified government enclave and "important personalities ," Malik said.

Senior Islamabad police official Bani Amin confirmed the arrests and the intention to attack the mosque.

"The arrests were made today in Islamabad. They had suicide jackets. Their target was a mosque in Islamabad."

Asked if there were other militants on the run, Amin said: "Obviously such people do not operate alone and there is a whole network."

Attack on Pak parliament, mosque foiled - The Times of India
 

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