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| 6 terrorists involved in Anarkali blast killed during exchange of fire in Sibi: ISPR |
| 2022-03-27 |
| [Dawn] A soldier was martyred and six terrorists, who were linked to the blast in Lahore's Anarkali area on January 20, were killed during an exchange of fire in the general area of Nagao Mountains in Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... 's Sibi, the military's media affairs wing said on Saturday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces had launched an operation to apprehend Lions of Islam in Nagao Mountains after receiving information about their presence in the area. "Once the troops started [a] clearance operation in the area, [the] Lions of Islam tried to escape from their hideout and opened fire on security forces," the ISPR said in a statement. Six Balochistan Nationalist Army terrorists, including Naseebullah Bangalzai alias Jahangir, Pir Jan and Rakai Kalhoi, were killed in the ensuing exchange of fire, the ISPR said, adding they were involved in recent "security incidents" in Sibbi and linked to the blast in Lahore's Anarkali area on January 20. Three people were killed and over 30 injured in the Anarkali blast, which law enforcement agencies had initially declared a gas cylinder explosion. But later investigations had confirmed that it was a kaboom During the operation in Turbat, "a valiant son of the soil, Sepoy Nisar embraced shahadat (martyrdom) while another two soldiers got injured", the ISPR said. According to the ISPR, arms and ammunition were seized from the Lions of Islam that they intended to use for "disrupting peace and security in the area". "Security forces, in step with the nation, remain determined to thwart attempts at sabotaging peace, stability and progress of Balochistan," the ISPR said. Earlier this month, security forces had killed seven Lions of Islam in Turbat's Gorchop area in Balochistan during an intelligence-based operation. |
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