Commandos arrest Pakistani arson suspect Abdul Rehman on Nana Road in Bangkok on Friday evening. (Photo by Wassayos Ngamkham)Police arrested a 46-year-old Pakistani man in Bangkok on Friday evening for alleged involvement in the world's sixth deadliest arson that killed 259 people in Pakistan in 2012. Acting CSD commander Suthin Sapphuang, who led the raid, said the arrest was connected to a fire at the Ali Enterprises textile factory in Karachi on Sept 11, 2012, when 259 people were killed and 50 others were seriously injured. Pakistani authorities concluded the attack was arson and linked it to the suspect. Before the fire, it is alleged, the group had demanded the equivalent of 7 million baht from the owner of the textile factory.

Source: Bangkok Post December 02, 2016 13:54 UTC