Information About Incident 38723-73986-178265 in Layyah Pakistan

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The Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Pervaiz Rathore told a press conference that the arrested man, identified as Zubair alias Naik Muhammad, who killed an unarmed traffic warden in the attack was a member of the Punjab Taliban, an offshoot of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) group.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: LeJ
• Matched District: Layyah
• Actgroup: kill
• Actor: Zubair alias Naik Muhammad who
• Subject: an unarmed traffic warden

Context

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The Lahore Police on June 17 claimed the arrest of a terrorist involved in the attack on a visiting Sri Lankan cricket team on March 3, with officials claiming the attackers had plans to take the cricketers hostage to demand the release of jailed leaders of their group, Daily Times reported. The Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Pervaiz Rathore told a press conference that the arrested man, identified as Zubair alias Naik Muhammad, who killed an unarmed traffic warden in the attack was a member of the Punjab Taliban, an offshoot of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) group. Seven people, including six Policemen, were killed when terrorists ambushed the Sri Lankan team while it was being driven to Gaddafi Stadium for a match.

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