Pakistani man arrested at US embassy in Chile

By IANS
Tuesday, May 11, 2010

SANTIAGO - A 28-year-old Pakistani man was arrested after he entered the US embassy in the Chilean capital with traces of an explosive substance on his body, media reports said Tuesday.

The man will be charged with violating gun control law in Chile, Pakistan’s Dawn News said on its website citing police.

The substance was detected when the man identified as Mohamed Said Uf Rejaman, went through a security check point Monday, prompting the embassy staff to notify the police.

Police said they found traces of a TNT explosive derivative on the suspect’s hands, cell phone and bag. The man said he did not know where it had come from and was at the embassy to renew his visa.

He arrived in Chile about three months ago on a visa and had been working at a hotel in the capital. Police have raided his home in downtown Santiago.

The arrest came just a week after Pakistani-born naturalised US citizen Faisal Shahzad was detained over his involvement in New York’s Times Square bombing plot.

Filed under: Terrorism

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