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Safoora bus carnage: Eight suspects to be tried in military courts

KARACHI: Eight suspected militants involved in Safoora Goth carnage have been shifted to Malir Jail to be tried in military courts, sources said Wednesday.

According to jail sources, the accused transferred to the jail included Saad Aziz, Tahir Minhas, Azhar Ishrat and Sultan Qamar Siddiqui.

The shifting took place ahead of their trial in military court, they said.

It is pertinent to mention here that eight gunmen had attacked a bus travelling in Safoora Goth on May 13, 2015, leaving 46 people dead, most of them were of Ismaili community.

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.