Taliban militants get life term in Pakistan

By IANS
Saturday, June 5, 2010

ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani court has handed down life terms to six Taliban militants accused of planning attacks on foreigners and manufacturing suicide jackets, officials said.

The court gave the sentence Saturday.

Police had arrested the six Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants, including a would-be suicide bomber near Lahore in February, and seized hand grenades, explosives, suicide jackets and five detonators, Xinhua reported quoting court officials.

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