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Attack was planned in South Waziristan: Malik

LAHORE: The terrorist attack on the Police Training Centre in Manawan on Monday was planned in South Waziristan, Interior Adviser Rehman Malik told reporters, but he did not rule out foreign involvement. Addressing a press conference at the Rangers headquarters, he said the gunman captured during the gunfight and three other terror suspects were being questioned and details would surface in two or three days. The arrested attacker belonged to the Paktika province of Afghanistan, Malik said, and preliminary interrogation revealed he is linked to Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud. He could only speak Pashto and was living in a rented house in Lahore, Malik said. “We had received information that terrorists could hit police installations and other government buildings on March 25,” he said, citing his warnings before the lawyers’ long march. The adviser said a law banning short-term house rentals would soon be notified. staff report/app

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