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Pakistani police arrest Muslim fundamentalist leader
Pakistani police have arrested the founder of an outlawed Islamic militant group linked to a bloody attack in India's Jammu-Kashmir state this week.
They says Hafiz Mohamad Saeed, former leader of the hardline Lashkar-e-Taiba group, was taken into custody Wednesday under laws that allow for suspects to be detained under suspicion of planning to create unrest.
The move, also confirmed by Lashkar-e-Taiba spokesman Yahya Mujahid, came after Indian Home Minister Lal Krishna Advani accused the group of involvement in the attack in Kashmir Tuesday which killed 34 people.
The group, known for suicide bombings, was also one of two militant groups which New Delhi blamed for an assault on the Indian parliament in December which led to a tense military standoff between India and Pakistan.
16/05/2002 21:30:43 | ABC Radio Australia News
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