A 53-member group of Islamic State (IS) group has been revealed to be active in Sindh. The group is headed by Abdullah Yousuf aka Abdul Aziz and also received foreign funding. Dunya News has obtained the list of the active members of IS. According to details, the 53-member group is headed by Abdullah Yousuf aka Abdul Aziz aka Saqib. Tayyab and Ali Rehman Engineer are residents of Karachi. Muhammad Adnan and Asghar belong to Hyderabad and Kotri. According to the list obtained by Dunya News, a terrorist named Pathan One has joined the group from Balochistan. Umar aka Jalal is funded from al-Qaeda Arabia. The funding from Saudia Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain is sent to Afghanistan in Euros. The Inspector General of Sindh Police briefed a parliamentary panel on October 12 saying that the IS had links with banned organisations, such as the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ). The Safoora bus attack that killed more than 40 Ismailis was probably the handiwork of IS proxies or affiliates, and it is believed that the planner of that attack has escaped to Syria.Those suspects now in custody have confessed to having played a part in 37 attacks. A picture is now emerging of the IS as an entity that has a presence across the country, has sympathisers widely spread and prepared to declare their support, and a military capacity that speaks of an active intelligence network to identify targets and competent foot soldiers to deliver death and destruction. This did not happen by osmosis. It happened because it was allowed to happen in a climate of willful neglect and denial. That, in turn, fed into a populace that had been radicalised over the years, meaning that the IS found itself pushing an open door when it came calling. Elephants are not always benign, and the IS elephant has a murderous gleam in its eye.
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