Fear of terrorist attack in Pakistan: America told its citizens – to vacate Hotel Marriott soon

Posted on 26th Dec 2022 by rohit kumar

The US Embassy in Pakistan has issued a security alert for its citizens. After the suicide attack in Islamabad two days ago, the US has warned that some people are preparing for another terrorist attack.

 

This attack can happen at Marriott Hotel in Islamabad. In the advisory issued by the embassy, the US has instructed its citizens not to go to any hotel during the holidays. Also asked to vacate Hotel Marriott soon.

 

One policeman killed in a fidayeen attack

On Friday i.e. December 23, there was a fidayeen attack in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, in which a policeman was killed. Along with this, 10 people were also injured. After the suicide attack, officials had said that due to the vigilance of the police, a major attack in Islamabad was avoided.

 

Islamabad police are on alert after the terrorist attack in the Bannu district

A day before the December 23 attack, the Islamabad police issued a statement saying that it had checked 2,024 suspicious people, motorcycles, and vehicles for security reasons. Last week itself, the Taliban captured an Army Counter Terrorism Center in Pakistan's Bannu district. Since then, the police were put on alert in many big cities of Pakistan including Islamabad.

 

Marriott Hotel was attacked in the year 2008

America's advisory is also behind the 2008 terrorist attack on the Marriott Hotel. 63 people lost their lives and 250 people were injured. During the attack, a garbage truck pulled up to the gate of the hotel and exploded.

 

Terror spreading in Pakistan after the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan

 

The terrorist organization TTP has gained strength in Pakistan since the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan is considered the most dangerous of all the terrorist organizations that exist in Pakistan, which is called the factory of terrorism. This organization took responsibility for the attack on Malala Yousafzai. It was he who attacked the Sainik School in Peshawar and killed 114 children.

 

The roots of the Pakistani Taliban had started at the same time when many terrorists fled from Afghanistan after the US action in 2002 and were hiding in the tribal areas of Pakistan. When the action against these terrorists started, there was opposition to the Pakistan Army in the Swat Valley. Many rebel groups began to flourish in the tribal areas.

 

In such a situation, in December 2007, 13 groups under the leadership of Baitullah Mehsud decided to join a Tehreek i.e. campaign, hence the organization was named Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan. In short, it is also called TTP or Pakistani Taliban. It is a separate organization from the Taliban of Afghanistan, but the intentions are more or less the same. Both organizations want to implement Sharia law.

 

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