ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The government of Pakistan has arrested a man suspected of planning three separate attacks on Christians in 2002. Abdul Jabbar has been accused of planning bombings that wounded or killed more than 50 people last year, including two Americans. The attacks were carried out by Islamic militants. The first attack in March 2002 was carried out against a Protestant church in Islamabad. American embassy staff member Barbara Green and her daughter Kristen died in the attacks. The next attack Jabbar is accused of planning occurred in August 2002.
Militants attacked a Christian school in Murree with explosives and weapons, killing six native Pakistanis. Authorities credited staff members of the school for saving lives because they managed to lock most buildings in the compound before the attackers could reach them. The third attack also happened in August and was carried out against a Presbyterian hospital in the city of Taxila. The militants killed four nurses and wounded more than 20 others in the hospital compound. Authorities have accused Jabbar of leading the Jaish-e-Mohammed group, which has been outlawed in Pakistan.
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