Islam school denies bomber visit
A religious school in the Pakistani city of Lahore linked to a number of extremist groups has denied that one of the London bombers ever studied there. Security agents have been questioning staff at the Jamia Manzoorul Islam school, or madrassa, as well as other madrassas in the area. An uncle of bomber Shehzad Tanweer has said he attended a madrassa, some of which are funded by extremist groups. The authorities have also questioned people in nearly Faisalabad. The British government has not shared any information with us Pakistan's information minister Pakistani sources confirmed on Thursday that British-born Tanweer had entered Pakistan on two occasions since late 2003 but said they did not know where he had been in the country. Subsequent reports say he went to the eastern city of Lahore and also the city of Faisalabad where his family comes from. Intelligence agencies are reported to have been questioning staff and students at religious schools in both cities and surrounding areas. 'We do not know him' Much of the focus has been on the Jamia Manzoorul Islam madrassa in Lahore. Correspondents say that members of a number of militant organisations - including one of Pakistan's most high-profile groups, Jaish-e-Mohammed - have attended the madrassa. But a spokesman for the madrassa categorically denied Tanweer had ever been there. "Neither any person with this name (Tanweer) visited us nor do we know him," Asadullah Farooq told journalists in Lahore. "We have stopped entertaining foreign students after 9/11." 'Reports false' The Pakistani government has denied that anyone has been arrested in connection with the investigations into Tanweer's movements. "All these reports are false," Information Minister Sheikh Ahmed told the BBC. Regarding co-operation with the UK government over the three London bombers of Pakistani descent, he said: "The British government has not shared any information with us." However the BBC and other media have learned that at least four people have been detained after being picked up by military intelligence agencies in Faisalabad which operate independently of the police. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/south_asia/4689457.stm Published: 2005/07/16 16:48:55 GMT © BBC MMV Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
