UPDATE:
Note: Photo included.
Photo caption:
“Arrested Pakistani civil engineer Faiz Mohammad stands behind bars at a police station in Karachi early May 10, 2010. – AFP”
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“Man held at Karachi airport with ‘therapy shoes’”
Monday, 10 May, 2010
SNIPPET: “KARACHI: A Pakistani man arrested at Karachi airport with batteries and electrical circuits in his shoes was likely wearing “therapy shoes” and his detention could be a false alarm, officials said on Monday.
The man, identified as Faiz Mohammad, 30, was about to board a Thai Airways flight to Muscat late on Sunday when the devices were found during a routine security check.
He was not carrying any explosives nor were any other suspicious items found on him or in his luggage, an airport security official said.
Senior police investigator Niaz Khoso said the suspect had told the police that the shoes were used for massage.”
Al Jazeera has reported that the wires and switch were a foot massage contraption.
UPDATE:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5isCNO74qao3i-mK3lVMiYX1JBhdA
“Pakistan frees man held over Karachi airport security scare”
(AFP) – 1 day ago
KARACHI —
SNIPPET: “Police and intelligence agencies questioned him extensively before clearing him of trying to commit any terror activity in the plane, Karachi’s chief police investigator Niaz Khoso said.
“The joint investigation team extensively questioned and in the end found him innocent,” Khoso told AFP. “The man has been released,” he said.
“We also engaged our experts and people in the market who confirmed that the shoes he was wearing were for massage comfort and easily available in the market,” Khoso said.
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Previously...
“’Suspected shoe bomber’ arrested at Pakistan airport”
SNIPPET: “Security officials at Karachi’s international airport arrested a suspected suicide bomber after they discovered electrical circuits hidden in the heels of his shoes.”
Dean Nelson in New Delhi
Published: 9:13PM BST 10 May 2010
SNIPPET: “Faiz Mohammad, 30 year old civil engineer, was stopped as he passed through security after electrical wiring, two batteries and a switch were detected in his shoes.
Investigators believe the circuits had been installed as a detonator for explosives.”
