*KARACHI: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested five terrorists,associated with the outlawed Islamic State (IS) group also known as Daesh,during a raid in the city’s Gulshan-e-Maymar.*
According to the Malir senior superintendent of police (SSP), the police,acting on a secret information, conducted a raid at a hideout of theterrorists in the Taiser Town.
Explosive material, arms and ammunition and laptops were recovered from thepossession of the held militants who were identified as Abdullah aliasHamza, Wasim, Naveed, Waqar and Muddasir.
The SSP Malir said the suspects were involved in radicalisation andindoctrination of people by way of social media platforms.
An FIR has been registered against the arrested terrorists as further probeis being carried out, he added.
Last week, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Karachi Police hadarrested a wanted terrorist of outlawed Jundullah terror group.
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Arrested terrorist Mohammad Ishaq alias Gul was named in the red book, CTDchief Raja Umar Khattab had told the media in Karachi. Police recovered asuicide jacket and a hand grenade from his possession, the police officersaid.
According to the officer, the alleged terrorist had entered in Balochistanfrom Afghanistan and then arrived in interior of Sindh.
He had come to Karachi for a major terrorist attack in the metropolis, theCTD in-charge officer claimed.
