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Posted on 10/05/2002 10:55:57 AM PDT by knighthawk
KARACHI: The trial of five Islamic militants accused in the deadly car bombing outside the US Consulate in Karachi was delayed for the seventh time Saturday -- this time because the prosecutor did not show up in court.
The trial will attempt to start again on Tuesday, Khawaja Naveed, a lawyer for one of the five Islamic militants said.
Naveed also complained that his client, Mohammed Ashraf, was being tortured in jail. He has requested the anti-terrorist court order a medical examination. The court will decide on Tuesday when it convenes, he said.
"Due to severe torture Ashraf's shoulder has been dislocated and he is in a great deal of pain," Naveed told reporters outside the heavily fortified Karachi Jail. The trial was ordered held there for security reasons.
Ashraf, Mohammed Imran, Mohammed Hanif, Sharib and Mufti Zubair, all allegedly members of Harkat-ul Mujahedeen al-Almi, are charged with conspiracy, murder and terrorism in connection with the June 14 car bombing outside the US Consulate in Karachi that killed 12 Pakistanis.
The prosecution is expected to call 50 witnesses, including Deputy Police Inspector Ali Gauher Soomro, who was hit in the shoulder with flying debris when the bomb went off.
The perviously unheard-of group, Harkat-ul Mujahedeen al-Almi, also has been blamed for a May suicide bombing that killed 11 French engineers and three Pakistanis.
The group came to prominence in opposition to Pakistan's support for the US-led coalition's war on terrorism in neighboring Afghanistan. The group is believed to be an offshoot of Harkat-ul Mujahedeen, which is closely aligned to al-Qaeda.
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