Pakistan arrests nine after assassination attempt

POLICE arrested nine people with suspected ties to the planners of an assassination attempt last month against Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf, a security official said in Islamabad yesterday.

Mon, 12 Jan, 2004 - 00:00

The suspects, including some students, were detained during a raid yesterday on an Islamic school in the eastern city of Lahore, the official said.

He refused to give any more details.

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