Two rockets found near Parliament Lodges, defused

Thursday October 05, 2006 (1635 PST)

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ISLAMABAD: Two rockets have been found near Parliament lodges, a sensitive area of Islamabad.

The rockets were found in a patch of green across the road from parliament and main government buildings.

“We have recovered two rockets along with launchers,” a police official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. “The rockets have been defused.”

The parliament is not in session.

Police and the army cordoned off roads leading to parliament house and investigations have started, a senior police official said.

Just behind the parliament are the official residences of the president and prime minister. However, it was immediately not clear whether President Pervez Musharraf or Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz were present there.

“We have detained a few people for questioning,” the senior police official said.

Witnesses saw police whisking away in police buses scores of labourers working at a nearby construction site.

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