Law enforcers in Lahore killed four suspected terrorists involved in the suicide attack on slain Punjab Home Minister Shuja Khanzada, in an operation in Sherakot area on Thursday.
According to police, the terrorists were identified as Amjad, Fayyaz, Sadaqat and Saddam.
Shuja Khanzada was killed in suicide attack on political office of the retired colonel in his native village in Attock district in August. Other than him, 19 people also died in the incident.
Today’s police operation comes days after Mohammad Qasim, a key suspect in the terrorist attack, was arrested by the counter-terrorism department Punjab (CTD).
A CTD spokesman said the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Qari Sohail group was involved in the suicide attack. The spokesman added that the mastermind of the attack was Qari Sohail who had sent the suicide bombers.
