Santiago:
Chilean police have detained a Pakistani man who entered the US Embassy in Santiago with traces of explosives on his clothes.
US Embassy spokesman Juan Pablo Varela confirmed that 28-year-old Mohammed Saif Ur Rehman was detained by Embassy security and handed over to police. Rehman told police he came to the Embassy on Monday to get a US visa. Now he's in preventive detention while prosecutors decide whether to press charges.
Chile's El Mercurio newspaper and other local news media reported that Embassy bomb-detection equipment found explosives in a bag along with documents and a cellular telephone. Neither Varela nor prosecutor's spokesman Mario Shilling would confirm or deny the reports.
The Chile police are still investigating his connections and background.(With NDTV inputs)
Chilean police have detained a Pakistani man who entered the US Embassy in Santiago with traces of explosives on his clothes.
US Embassy spokesman Juan Pablo Varela confirmed that 28-year-old Mohammed Saif Ur Rehman was detained by Embassy security and handed over to police. Rehman told police he came to the Embassy on Monday to get a US visa. Now he's in preventive detention while prosecutors decide whether to press charges.
Chile's El Mercurio newspaper and other local news media reported that Embassy bomb-detection equipment found explosives in a bag along with documents and a cellular telephone. Neither Varela nor prosecutor's spokesman Mario Shilling would confirm or deny the reports.
The Chile police are still investigating his connections and background.(With NDTV inputs)
