Pakistan unearths plot to kill Russian diplomat - report
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, March 14, IRNA
Pakistan-Russia-Plot
Pakistan's intelligence agencies have unearthed a plot by a Chechen militant group to kidnap and execute a senior Russian diplomat and his family in Pakistan.
Daily Times reported in its Monday issue that this was stated in reports submitted by intelligence agencies to the Interior Ministry.
They said that Chechen military group, Majlis-al-Shura Al-Askari-e Mujahideen Al-Shishan had planned to carry out the attack in March and it had contacted a Saudi and a woman to carry out the act, the newspaper added.
Earlier, media reports had suggested that some embassies in Islamabad had received threats on telephone.
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::IRNA No.029 15/03/2005 13:47 --End
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