LOS ANGELES (Web Desk) – A US national, who gave money to a suicide bomber to attack Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence headquarters (ISI) was sentenced to more than seven years in prison.
Reaz Qadir Khan, 51, a naturalised US citizen living in Portland, Oregon had previously pleaded guilty in a US court to providing material support to terrorists, reported Dawn.
Khan admitted arranging for the delivery of approximately $2,450 to Maldivian Ali Jaleel, one of the suicide bombers responsible for the May 27, 2009 attack on ISI in Lahore, which killed 30 people and injured 300 more.
The attack on intelligence service’s headquarter was carried out by Jaleel and two other people in revenge for an army offensive against Taliban militants in Swat.
“With today’s sentence, the court held the defendant accountable and made it clear that no community should be subjected to the dangers posed by those seeking to assist violent extremists whether here or abroad,” said Acting US Attorney Billy Williams.
