Click to play videoNew Delhi: More trouble could be in store for Pakistan. Reports say more than 600 suicide bombers are ready to strike in and around Islamabad. The government has sounded a red alert.
The bombers are said to be hiding in madrassas and mosques. Most of them are students who went missing after the crackdown on Lal Masjid.
The sacked cleric Abdul Aziz revealed their presence during interrogation. He said they have been trained, equipped and brainwashed to carry out suicide attacks.
They left the Madarsa according to a plan before the government launched the final operation against the mosque.
Officials say these are walking bombs and are determined to blow themselves up any time, anywhere.
One of them blew himself up among a group of policemen on Friday. The incident killed 14 people, including eight policemen, and wounded over 60.
On Friday during prayers fresh trouble broke out. Devotees refused to offer namaz at the mosque and started raising anti-government slogans, leading to tension in the area.
The Muslims, who had gathered at the mosque for namaz, were demanding the release of Abdul Aziz, the chief of the Lal Masjid.
Aziz was arrested on July 4, 2007 during the operation against Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa.
The superintendent of Adyala Jail informed that a total of 116 people are currently detained in jail, including 16 below-18 years of age.
The jail official said four detainees, including Maulana Abdul Aziz, the chief of the Lal Masjid (or Red Mosque), his wife Umme Hasaan and two daughters had been detained in Simly dam rest house, which has been declared a sub-jail.
A total of 620 persons were detained in Adyala Jail after the Lal Masjid operation, out of which 508 have been released and 112 are still in the jail, the jail official said, adding that the total number of detained persons would be 50 after releasing another 62.
Earlier, Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf had said that the violent situation arising out of the crackdown on the pro-Taliban Lal Masjid cannot be dealt with by a civilian set-up alone as unity of command was required to tackle it.
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