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Terror bid targeting Lahore police foiled, 4 TTP men killed in gunfight: CTD
[DAWN] The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) on Tuesday claimed to have foiled a terror bid targeting police personnel in Lahore's Saggian Bridge area hours after a blast at nearby Outfall Road maimed at least 46 people.Four suspected Tehrik-e-Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... Pakistain Death Eaters were "found dead" after a shootout with CTD personnel, whereas three to four others expeditiously departed at a goodly pace of the "encounter". The CTD team in Sheikhupura received information from a credible source saying that six or seven TTP Death Eaters were coming to Lahore from Sheikhupura to "launch [an] attack on police personnel deployed on duty" around 12:30am today, read a CTD blurb. The CTD cordoned off the area near Saggian Bridge on the Sheikhupura side. "Police party saw the Death Eaters coming and challenged them to surrender," the CTD said. "Instead, the Death Eaters started firing at CTD officials who took precautions." Four 'terrorists' were "found dead" after the ensuing shootout, the CTD said, while "three to four fled away taking benefit of darkness." Explosives, two Kalashnikov rifles, pistols and ammunition were recovered from the suspected terrorists, who are being identified. Posted by: Fred 2017-08-09 |
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