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Detained Taliban Suspects Said To Be Planning Hotel Bombing

February 08 2010

Pakistan

Pakistani police have arrested six suspected Taliban insurgents in the eastern city of Lahore, Pakistan's Dawn reports.

A would-be suicide bomber was among those detained on Monday, Pakistani security officials said.

The suspects planned to target U.S. nationals staying at a five-star hotel, said a Pakistani investigator.

Police said they also recovered one suicide jacket, 26 hand grenades, drugs and explosives from the scene.

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