The CIA team during its visit to Abbottabad is reported to have interrogated a brother and two cousins of a top slain militant and three other high-value terrorist suspects, in what is seen as a crucial development pertaining to investigations privy to Abbottabad operation. Following the visit of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) team to examine Osama bin Laden’s compound in Thanda Choha here on Friday, the extensive search operations were reportedly conducted and seven hotels were scrutinised to hunt down the militant suspects amid the reports that foreigner militants were residing in the hotels and guest houses of Abbottabad to avoid search and surveillance operations launched across the city.
According to details exclusively available with this newspaper, the seven-member CIA team accompanied by two brigadier ranked officials of Pakistan Army had reportedly moved to an unknown location after examining the aforesaid hideaway during the morning hours of Friday in order to interrogate Abdullah Mehsud, brother of the slain rebellion terrorist Qari Zainuddin Mehsud and his two cousins Ali Shaban Masud and Zaryab Mehsud. All the three terrorists were reportedly arrested from the mountainous area of Jhangi Syedan located a couple of kilometres away from Abbottabad city. They were arrested sometime between May 9 to May 15 (this month’s second week). Two other unidentified high-value terrorist suspects were also reportedly investigated.
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