Mass Arrests In Abbottabad
May 6, 2011 5 Comments ›› Angelia
Arabnews.com
ISLAMABAD: Security forces conducted raids at various places in Abbottabad and arrested hundreds of people. The arrests followed protests by Jamaat-e-Islami activists against the killing of Osama Bin Laden by US commandos. Bin Laden was killed in a US military operation in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Monday.
Before the arrests, media men were driven out from the city.
Lala Ali Afzal Jadoon, a former minister and a resident of Abbottabad told Arab News, security personnel combed madrasas, schools, hospitals and even markets and arrested hundreds of people.
PMA Kakul Road was closed completely for traffic.
A former lawmaker Zar Gull from Kala Dhaka told Arab News, “IDs of every resident was checked.”
