Pakistan arrests 6 alleged militants
Pakistani police arrested six suspected members of an al-Qaida-linked Sunni Muslim militant group who were plotting attacks on a major Shiite festival, officials said Sunday. Police and intelligence agents also seized some 30 assault rifles, 10 grenades and more than two pounds of explosives in Jan. 28 raids on homes in the eastern city of Lahore, senior Lahore police investigator Omar Virk told The Associated Press. Full Story