Attack on a Chinese dentist in Hyderabad is prevented by CTD arresting a suspected terrorist.

KARACHI: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) detained an alleged member of an illegal organisation on Thursday, perhaps thwarting a plot to kill a Chinese doctor in Hyderabad.
The suspect, Mohammad Afzal Loond, also known as Aafi, was apprehended during a CTD operation in the Gulistan-e-Jauhar neighbourhood close to Kamran Chaurangi.
Loond is charged with plotting to assassinate a Chinese doctor in Hyderabad and is said to be a member of the outlawed militant group Sindhudesh Revolutionary Army (SRA), according to CTD officials.
From the suspect, law enforcement officers seized a weapon and a motorcycle.
Investigation results showed that the suspect was in close contact with Safeer, the exiled leader of the SRA who, according to the suspect, was providing financial support, Zulfiqar Khaskheli.
The suspect further disclosed to the CTD investigators that he purchased the motorcycle and pistol with funds supplied to him by Khaskheli.
According to the CTD, which quoted the suspect, Khaskheli had given Loond the order to kill a Chinese doctor in Hyderabad and had also scouted the target. He was, however, apprehended before the plan could be put into action.
The suspect, according to the CTD spokesman, was also among those who stormed a Chinese dentistry clinic in Karachi.
At a clinic managed by one of the victims in September, an armed assailant who pretended to be a dental patient killed a Chinese-Pakistani dual national and injured two others.
Dr. Richard Hu, Margrate Hu, and Ronald were the victims; they were all dual citizens of Pakistan and China.
Chinese nationals have been the target of militant attacks in recent years; most notably, earlier this year, an attack on Chinese teachers at Karachi University.