Five recently arrested militants said that they had planned a major terror attack in Karachi on 12th Rabi-ul-Awal.
The terrorists were apprehended from Karachi Orangi Town’s Iqbal Market
During interrogation, the terrorists, belonging to banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s Mehsood Group, admitted before police that they received training inAfghanistan. They had completed recce of key locations in the city.
They also confessed to kidnapping children for ransom and demanding extortion from a factory owner in SITE area.
Separately, Rangers personnel raided a house in Surjani Town area of Karachi and recovered huge cache of weapons.
Reportedly, the weapons were buried inside washroom of the house. The raid was conducted on a tip-off from the arrested suspects.
Further investigation is underway.
