Operatives of the Katsina State Police Command, on Friday, repelled a terrorists’ attack on two villages of Gidan Nasheku and Kwantakwamawa in the Kankara Local Government Area of the state.
Kankara LGA was where the bandits struck at a government secondary school, abducting scores of pupils before they were later released after payment of undisclosed sums of money.
According to a statement issued by the spokesman of the command, Gambo Isah, the police had received a distress call from the two villages and immediately intervened leading to the rescue of four kidnap victims.
Isah further stated that during the attacks, the kidnapped persons included four members of a household, all females, one of them having a one and half-year-old baby.
The Divisional Police Officer of Kankara division led a team of policemen to the area and engaged the terrorists in a gun duel, he said.
The kidnappers fled while all the kidnapped persons were rescued unhurt.
Isah further added that some of the terrorists were reasonably suspected to have fled the scene with gunshots wounds, as a team of policemen are presently scanning the scene to arrest the terrorists or recover their dead bodies.
Srinagar, March 4: Police on Friday claimed to have arrested a newly recruited militant in injured condition while his associate fled after a brief shootout between militants and security forces in Langate Handwara in north Kashmir's Kupwara district.
News agency GNS while quoting a top police officer reported that the injured has been admitted to hospital where his condition is stated to be stable.
The injured militant has been identified as Abrar Hassan son of Ghulam Hassain Gojri resident of Azad Gunj Baramulla, the officer said.
Abrar was injured in a brief shootout in Langate and was later nabbed by the security forces while his accomplice managed to flee from the spot, the officer said adding a manhunt has been launched to nab the latter.
As per the officer, Abrar was a stone pelter earlier for which two FIRs have been registered against him. Later on, he started working as an OGW, the officer said.
Srinagar, March 4:Police on Friday said it arrested three militant associates of LeT outfit in south Kashmir’s Shopian district.
News agency GNS quoted a police spokesman saying the accused identified as Ishfaq Ahmad Dar son of Mohd Yaseen Dar resident of Gadapora Shopian, Nadeem Rafiq Rather son of Rafiq Ahmad Rather resident of Killbal Shopian and Rouf Mushtaq Najar son of Mushtaq Ahmad Najar resident of Wangam were apprehended at a checkpoint by a joint party of Police and 44RR was at Khudpora orchards at about 1815 hrs.
"During Naka checking, movement of three suspects were noticed who were challenged to stop. Instead of stopping they started fleeing away from the spot but were chased and arrested tactfully by the alert joint party, " police said.
"Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition including 01 Pistol, 01 Pistol Magazine, 08 Pistol rounds, 01 Hand Grenade, 01 AK Magazine, 20 AK live rounds were recovered from their possession," it added.
A case vide FIR No. 19/2022 under relevant of sections of law stands registered in Police Station Shopian and further investigation into the matter is in progress.
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A powerful bomb was detonated inside a Shiite mosque in Pakistan during Friday prayers, killing at least 56 worshippers and wounding nearly 200 others, many of them critically, hospital officials said.
The deadly explosion, reportedly carried out by a suicide bomber, occurred as worshippers had gathered at the mosque in the country’s northwestern city of Peshawar. No terrorist group has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
"First I heard five to six gunshots and then I saw the suicide bomber enter the mosque and a huge explosion occurred," a witness who identified himself as Naeem told Al Jazeera. "The doors of my house opened with a bang and I fell down on the ground. When I entered the mosque, there was smoke and dust and people were lying in blood."
Peshawar Police Chief Muhammed Ejaz Khan said the violence started when an armed attacker opened fire on police outside the mosque. One police officer was killed in the gunfight, and another officer was wounded, the chief said. Authorities said they fear the death toll may rise.
At least 57 worshippers bit the dust and 194 others were maimed when a suicide kaboomer let 'er rip inside a Shia mosque in the Koocha Risaldar area of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire... ’s old city neighbourhood on Friday, rescue and police personnel said.
The Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) confirmed the corpse count and injuries in the attack. LRH spokesperson Muhammad Asim said 10 of the injured were at death's door, while nine of the bodies were charred beyond recognition.
KP police chief Moazzam Jah Ansari said the lone attacker, who was on foot, first killed one of the police guards and then maimed the other before entering the mosque’s hall, some 25 yards away, where he detonated the explosives attached to his body in the third row of worshippers.
Police and witnesses said a man dressed in a black shalwar qameez shot the guards manning the main gate located at some distance from Jamia Masjid Koocha Risaldar, and then entered the mosque where he went kaboom! amongst nearly 150 worshippers, who had congregated for Friday prayers.
Jamil Khan, one of the coppers standing guard at the gate, was shot full of holes while his colleague was injured in the subsequent blast.
"The attack took place just when people were preparing for the main Friday congregation," Mr Jah added. He said police forensic teams recovered 150 ball bearings from the hall.
"At least six kilogrammes of explosives were used in the attack," he claimed, adding there was no threat alert for February and March.
Is that big or small for a suicide vest? I can never remember such things.
The blast turned the densely packed hall of the mosque into a mess with blood and pieces of flesh strewn all over, and the ceiling fans into mangled pieces of iron. The heavy metal grill covering the windows also came off and the walls developed cracks.
Koocha Risaldar, a largely Shia neighbourhood in the old city, has witnessed many sectarian attacks in the past as well.
IS CLAIM
Late on Friday night, AFP reported that the murderous MoslemIslamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group had claimed the suicide kaboom in Peshawar.
"Today ... an Islamic State fighter succeeded in assaulting a Shia mosque in Peshawar," the group said on its Amaq propaganda site.
Even before the claim came to light, security officials were of the view that the attack bore the hallmarks of the Islamic State group’s Khorasan chapter.
"We see the IS-K as the biggest threat, more than the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban ...Arabic for students... Pakistain," Mr Ansari, the Peshawar inspector general of police, said.
An interesting choice, given the history of TTP in Pakistan...
The IS-K is based in Afghanistan, but security officials say the anti-Shia terrorist group appeared to have shifted focus to Pakistain after coming under intense pressure from the Afghan Taliban.
Have they indeed? It couldn’t happen to a more deserving jihad-supporting government.
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I see it switched from TTP to IS overnight. Interesting.
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Wait for Imraan to come around asking for more funds for 'fighting terror' in Pakistain. Since shiites are expendable for the sunni regime, 56 Alan kissers are a bargain for another ten mill.
Shafaq News/ Iraq's Federal Intelligence Agency on Friday said it seized weapons, ammunition, and rockets from hidden caches in separate security operations in Diyala and Kirkuk.
The Security Media Cell (SMC) said that a force from the Federal Intelligence Agency found 20 mortar shells, five Katyusha rockets, in addition to a large amount of AK-47 machine guns and ammunition, inside a hideout in Haweja district, Kirkuk.
In Diyala, the Federal Agency found explosives, ammunition, a 230cm rocket in a security operation in Diyala.
The seized arms and supplies were destroyed under controlled conditions by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal squads, SMC said.
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...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire...
