December 6, 2002	Friday	Shawwal 1,1423

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SKOPJE, Dec 5: A Pakistani faction of Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network could be responsible for a “terrorist attack” on the Macedonian consulate in Karachi, the foreign ministry here said on Thursday.

A ministry statement condemned the bombing and murder of three Pakistanis in an attack on Wednesday in the Karachi consulate and demanded stepped up security for its consul, Bilal Qureshi.

“The terrorist act was performed very professionally,” the ministry said, adding that unconfirmed information indicated a “Pakistani faction of Al Qaeda could be behind the attack”.—AFP