At least 10 suspected Jamaatul Ahrar militants were killed during an encounter with Punjab police’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in Manawan area on Friday night.
According to details, CTD said that the militants killed in the encounter were involved in the February 13 Lahore suicide attack.
Days after the attack, CTD personnel had apprehended alleged Lahore attack facilitator Anwarul Haq.
According to a CTD spokesperson, a team from Lahore was taking five arrested suspects, including Haq, to Manawan for seizing weapons and explosives when they were attacked near Ring Road by nine terrorists.
“In the retaliatory fire, 10 terrorists were killed, including facilitators of the attack,” the spokesperson added. Five of the killed militants were identified as Haq, Abdullah, Attaur Rehman, Imam Shah and Irfan Khan.
At least 15 people were killed and more than 80 others injured in an explosion near the Punjab Assembly in Lahore when hundreds of chemists were protesting nearby against a new regulatory law. A suicide bomber exploded himself when successful negotiations were underway between police officials and the protesters
