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Pakistani police arrest man claiming to have killed US journalist

Pakistani police have arrested a man who has confessed to murdering American journalist, Daniel Pearl.

Adnan Khan was arrested after he went to a newspaper office in Lahore, telling the editor he had killed the Wall Street Journal reporter and claimed to be a member of the banned militant Islamic group Jaish-e-Mahommad.

Four other suspects have been arreted in connection with Mr Pearls execution-style killing.

The journalists body has still not been recovered.

15/03/2002 05:48:29 | ABC Radio Australia News

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