Three ‘terrorists’ reportedly affiliated with the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) were killed while one other was injured in an exchange of fire with Rangers personnel during an operation near the Ismael Shah Mazar area in Karachi late Saturday night.
Those killed have been identified as Zahid, Nasir and Habib, alias Fauji. Their accomplice, Allahi Buksh, alias Guddu, was injured, said a Rangers press release.
The statement said the paramilitary force was conducting ‘surgical action’ on suspected hideouts of ‘BLA terrorists’. On seeing the Rangers, the suspected militants resorted to firing resulting in a fierce gunbattle with the security personnel.
The alleged terrorists were suspected of engineering a railway track blast near Gharo, killing a Chinese national in 2010 at the Hub checkpost, extortion, targeted killings, kidnapping for ransom and providing support to the BLA in Karachi.
