Four brothers held in Marriott case

Published October 1, 2008

TOBA TEK SINGH, Sept 30: An intelligence agency is reported to have arrested four brothers during a raid on a village near here on Tuesday. The brothers had returned from Dubai a few days ago.

According to an official source, they were being investigated about their alleged involvement in Islamabad’s Marriott Hotel suicide attack.

The four have been identified as Imran Afzal, Hameed Afzal, Majeed Afzal and Kamran Afzal.

Local police officials said they had no information about the raid or the arrests.

—Correspondent

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