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Two terrorists gunned down in Delhi
Two terrorists gunned down in DelhiBy Indo-Asian News Service New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Two suspected members of the Lashker-e-Taiba terror group were gunned down by Delhi Police in a gun battle near the sprawling Pragati Maidan exhibition ground here Monday, officials said. Joint Commissioner Karnail Singh of the Special Cell said the two men were shot when they opened fire at a police team that tried to apprehend them at about 9.30 p.m. Police believe the two men, one of them identified as a Pakistani national, were in the capital to carry out a major terrorist attack. "We were acting on intelligence reports and had laid a trap to arrest them," Singh told reporters. Police had information that the two men were to receive a consignment of arms and explosives from contacts in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Two AK-56 assault rifles, sophisticated detonators, timers, two kilograms of RDX explosives and a satellite phone were found in the car that the two men were travelling in. The two men sustained serious injuries in the shootout with the police team and were rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, where they were declared dead on arrival. Posted by: john 2005-04-25 |
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