QUETTA – The Counter-Terrorism Department on Monday killed five allegedterrorists in the Mastung area of Balochistan.
The spokesperson of Counter-Terrorism said that the operation was conductedafter an arrested terror suspect revealed that five men of the BalochLiberation Army were planning an attack in the provincial capital. Thegroup of five was hiding in a house in Mastung, he added.
When the law enforcers raided the suspected residence, the suspects openedfire at the officers in which five were killed during the exchange of fire,while others fled the spot. They have been identified as Shah Nazar, ArifMari, Yousaf Mari, Samiullah, and Jameel Ahmed, he added.
The officials added that this BLA cell was wanted in several terrorismincidents including a grenade attack on over a dozen labourers on theSamungli Road, Quetta, another grenade attack on LEAs in the Quetta. Theyhad also carried out a motorcycle IED attack on Azad Khan Marri.
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CTD also claimed to recover 10 kilograms of explosives, detonators, andthree Kalashnikovs from banned terror suspects. Further operations areunderway to find other BLA terrorists and their facilitator networks inQuetta.
