PAKISTANI POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THEIR PRIME SUSPECT IN THE CASE OF KIDN...

World | February 12, 2002, Tuesday // 00:00

Pakistani police have arrested their prime suspect in the case of kidnapped U.S. reporter Daniel Pearl, British-born Islamic militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, Pakistan's state news agency APP reported Tuesday. APP quoted the Inspector General of Police in the province of Punjab, Malik Asif Hayat, as saying Sheikh Omar, suspected of masterminding Pearl's kidnap, was picked up in the city of Lahore Tuesday morning. The chief suspect in the kidnapping of American journalist Daniel Pearl told Pakistani police that Pearl is alive and in Karachi.

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