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| Five 'militants' killed, four others held in Malir, DHA shootouts |
| 2016-01-08 |
[DAWN] Five suspected gunnies were killed in a shootout with police in a deserted area off the Superhighway, while four others were incarceratedInto the paddy wagon wit' yez! by the law enforcers after an exchange of fire with them in Defence on Wednesday, officials said. The suspects belonging to some banned holy warrior groups were planning a "major terror activity in the city", the officials said, adding that the police seized kaboom and a huge cache of arms and ammunition from their possession. SSP Rao Anwar -- the officer known for deadly encounters with suspected gunnies -- said he along with his team raided a hideout near Indus Plaza, off the Superhighway, while acting on a tip-off about the presence of some gunnies in the area. "We had credible information about their presence and then we came to know that the gunnies had a hideout in one of the graveyards," he told the media at the encounter site after the shootout. "Nearly half a dozen gunnies in the hideout attacked our personnel when they were busy taking positions. The exchange of fire left all the five gunnies dead." The officer said two of them were later identified as Naeem and Hafeezullah. Efforts were under way to determine the identity of the other holy warriors. "We have also found 2.5 kilograms of kaboom and a huge cache of arms and ammunition in the hideout," the officer said. "They all belonged to a banned ...the word bannedseems to have a different meaning in Pakistain than it does in most other places. Or maybe it simply lacks any meaning at all... organization and had gathered here to plan a terror activity in the city," added SSP Anwar. Earlier, the police claimed to have arrested four suspects associated with banned holy warrior organizations after an exchange of fire with them in the area of the Defence Housing Authority. DIG-South Dr Jamil Ahmed said the encounter took place in the DHA area which led to the arrest of Ashraf, Rehmat Shah, Hanif alias Nadeem Kala and Zahid. "All the four suspects are members of the banned outfit," he said. "The police also seized around four kilograms of explosive substance with a detonator and ball bearings and four TT pistols from their possession. "During an initial investigation, it has emerged that they were involved in a grenade attack on a Lea Market gambling den that had left 16 people dead. They were also involved in a kaboom on a wine shop in Lea Market and Nargis Cinema. Police have also traced said some murder cases against them which they had carried out on sectarian grounds." |
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