KARACHI – Karachi police on Saturday killed four terrorists of bannedoutfits during a raid in Shah Latif Town of Karachi.
SSP Malir Rao Anwar said that the police following tip off conducted theraid when the terrorists hiding in a house carried out attack on the policeparty with hand grenades.
He added that four terrorists, who belonged to banned organisations –Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi – were killed inretaliatory firing.
Two of the killed terrorists identified as former TTP commander HakeemullahMehsud’s gunman Nazar and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi’s Molvi Ishaq.
The police official said that the terrorists were involved in attack onMehran Airbase, PNS and killing of security officials.
During the raid, the police officials recovered weapons and motorcycle.
The operation comes a day after when a police constable, Shakir, was gunneddown in Karachi on his way to police station.
It is to mention here that TTP has claimed responsibility of the targetkilling, which is the first attack of this nature in New Year.