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Omar Sheikh trial from April 5

By B. Muralidhar Reddy

ISLAMABAD March 29 . The trial of the 11 suspects, including Omar Sheikh, charged with the abduction and murder of the U.S. journalist, Daniel Pearl, would begin on April 5. For security reasons the trial would be held inside a Pakistani prison. The main suspect in the case Omar Sheikh, and Sheikh Adil, one of three men accused of sending e-mail containing photos of the Wall Street Journal correspondent, were produced in a court in Karachi today as the police filed the final chargesheets against them.

Reports said they were brought from the Karachi central prison in police vehicles to the courthouse, which was surrounded by 200 policemen.

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