Chilean Judge Orders Holding
Of Pakistani Suspect Of Terrorism
SANTIAGO - A Chilean judge on Tuesday
ordered the holding of a Pakistani citizen
detained on Monday in the embassy of the
United States to Chile on suspicion of
terrorism.
The security system of the U.S. embassy
detected explosive signs in the man's hands
and some items he was carrying.
Chile's Public Works Ministry has accused
the 28-year-old Mohammad Saif Ur Rehman of
allegedly terrorism. The man had signs of
explosives (TNT) in his documents, bags and
cell phone, the Chilean Police said.
Saif went Monday to the U.S. embassy to
renew his visa, and he was detained when the
explosive signs were found.
According to official sources, Saif arrived
in the country in January 2010, and he was
studying a tourism course and doing practice
works in a hotel east of the capital city of
Santiago.
Saif lived in a student dormitory in the
center of Santiago, which on Monday night
was raided by the police who took his
computer and clothes for examination by
experts.
Meanwhile, U.S. ambassador to Chile, Paul
Simons, said on Monday that the detention of
Saif was not requested by the U.S. justice,
because he was captured outside the embassy. |
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