ISLAMABAD Pakistani police will ask a court to charge five Americans detained in the country this month with planning terrorist attacks and jail them for life, a police official said on Thursday.
The young Americans, from Virginia, are accused of contacting militants groups over the Internet in a bid to wage holy war. Pakistani officials have said the Taleban had planned to use them to carry out attacks inside US ally Pakistan.
“A joint investigation team has concluded its probe and we’ll present them before a court on January 4 to seek life imprisonment sentences under anti-terrorist laws,” said Usman Anwar, police chief in Sargodha, where the men were arrested.
“We’ll prove in the court that their aim was just to spread terrorism under the garb of jihad and for that, they were in touch with Taliban and other Arab militants in tribal areas.”
