(21 Aug 2006)
21 August 2006
1. Wide of front gates outside police office
2. Wide of press conference with media
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jehangir Mirza, Police Chief of Sindh Province, Karachi:
"In the case of the bombing of the American Consulate General we have been successful in arresting two accused by the name of Anwarul Haq and Usman Ghani. The third co-accused Raja Tahir, son of Raja Mohammad (spelling phonetically) was the suicide bomber he carried out the attack and lost his life in that. We have a fourth suspect, fourth, not exactly a suspect he is one of the co-accused his name is, his name is Kari Zfea." (spelling phonetically)
4. Cutaways of media at conference
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jehangir Mirza, Police Chief of Sindh Province, Karachi:
"This a these four accused have connections with al-Qaida and al-Qaida have already claimed responsibility for this attack."
6. Wide shot of media and police chief at conference
7. Chief of police showing a picture of suicide bomber
8. Close up of picture of suicide bomber.
2 March 2006
9. Various of US consulate blast
STORYLINE:
Police arrested two suspected al-Qaida-linked militants on Monday who were accused of orchestrating a suicide attack near the US Consulate in Karachi.
A police official said the attack killed a US diplomat and three Pakistanis.
The police chief for the Sindh province of Karachi, Jehangir Mirza, said that Anwarul Haq, 30, and Usman Ghani, 28, were captured in a raid in Karachi.
During interrogation the suspects confessed to "preparing" a suicide bomber who slammed his explosive-laden vehicle into U.S. diplomat David Foy's car near the consulate on 2 March 2006, he added.
"These four accused have connections with al-Qaida and al-Qaida have already claimed responsibility for this attack," he said.
The attack, which wounded approximately 50 other people happened a day before U.S. President George W. Bush's made an official visit to Pakistan.

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