- Terror bid foiled to sabotage Aug 14 celebrations, five ‘foreign sponsored’ Taliban busted in city
- Armed men atop motorcycle sprayed bullets on police van, gun down four cops in Zaman Town, Korangi
While the security forces on Wednesday arrested five suspected terrorists including Tehreek-e-Taliban Swat chapter deputy chief and foiled a terror bid to sabotage August 14 celebrations in Karachi, four policemen were killed and two others injured in a separate firing incident in Zaman Town, Korangi.
Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Aqeel along with three police constables, Jameel, Anwar and Akhter, was gunned down while two others were injured when three armed men atop a motorcycle sprayed bullets on a police van near Hanif Nihari House in Zaman Town, Korangi.
According to the police, the cops were going for lunch when their van was attacked.
The bodies and injured were shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center. Sindh Police Inspector General (IG) Ghulam Hyder Jamali, Additional IG Mushtaq Mahar, Special Investigation Unit (SIU) Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Farooq Awan and Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) SSP Usman Bajwa visited the crime scene.
TERROR BID FOILED, TERRORISTS NABBED:
Separately, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) claimed the arrest of at least five high-value targets, including Tehreek-e-Taliban Swat Naib Ameer in Karachi Bakhat Zaman, whose “foreign sponsored” gang was apprehended in the intelligence-based operation.
The gang had prepared an explosive-laden vehicle and a motorcycle which they were to use on Independence Day for subversion.
During interrogation, the apprehended terrorists confessed that vehicles were arranged from Karachi and they were waiting for suicide bombers which had to arrive from Afghanistan. Tehreek-e-Taliban Swat ameer in Karachi had gone to Afghanistan for the same purpose.
On a tip off, the security agencies continued surveillance of group for weeks before the operation was simultaneously launched last Sunday in Hyderabad and Karachi to arrest culprits. Explosive-laden hi-roof and motorcycle have also been impounded.
The ISPR says some more startling revelations are expected during the interrogation.
