Terror conflict averted: Police seize 9 ‘terrorists’ in raid
Militant groups AQIS, LeJ designed to lift out apprehension activities during Muharram. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of a Sindh military claimed to have arrested 9 purported terrorists from several belligerent outfits who were formulation apprehension activities during Muharram Friday night.
The arrested militants belonged to al Qaeda in a Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), and were in preparations to lift out vital apprehension activities in Karachi during Muharram, quite on Ashura pronounced CTD officials.
The CTD officials also claimed to have recovered bombs, arms and ammunition from their possession. The arrests were done during a raid by CTD crew during a hideout in North Karachi, where ‘militant commanders’ were bustling in a meeting.
“I done a special group after receiving information about some belligerent organisations’ devise to jointly lift out apprehension activities during Muharram,” pronounced CTD in-charge Raja Omar Khattab, during a press discussion during his bureau Saturday afternoon. Their hideout had been underneath notice given a past few weeks, pronounced Khattab.
During a raid, militants pounded a CTD crew by lobbing grenades and resorted to unenlightened fire. However, no policeman was harm in a incident. “We retaliated with full force and used rip gas shells that forced them to sojourn confined,” explained Khattab.
The arrested militants enclosed AQIS Karachi arch Faizur Rehman alias Abdullah alias Daniyal, his deputy, Mustafa alias Shahzad, purported aim torpedo belonging to AQIS Karachi Afroze alias Lambu, AQIS member Ibrahim alias Sajid, LeJ’s Orangi Town-based commander Saeed alias Kalu alias Abbas alias Farrukh Abbas, his dual comrades – Ahmed Sadiq alias Zeeshan and Furqan Alam alias Zeeshan – and dual militants of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan: Zainul Abideen alias Zain and Abdul Bari.
Interestingly, a AQIS Karachi arch was arrested along with 3 companions in 2010 though was after expelled on bail.
The former members of Harkatul Mujahideen al-Alami – Naseem Bhai alias Hanif Bhai and Kamran alias Atif – are handling AQIS, pronounced Khattab, adding that LeJ now has no care and a organization is confronting a financial crisis. There is a communication opening between a care in Afghanistan and operatives in Karachi, he claimed.
The CTD officials also claimed to have recovered a self-murder jacket, 4 petrify retard bombs, 4 palm grenades, 18 9mm pistols and a laptop from a suspects.
Khattab pronounced that in a past, a militants had also been concerned in explosve blasts and aim killings of workers of a Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) including MQM MPA Manzar Imam and workers of a Sunni Tehreek.
Cases opposite them have been registered, while serve investigations are underneath way.
Airport attack
Talking about a Karachi airfield conflict in 2014, Khattab pronounced dual of a terrorists killed by confidence army during a conflict belonged to LeJ’s Orangi Town network.
“Currently, AQIS and LeJ are jointly conducting operations in Orangi Town and a surrounding areas,” pronounced Khattab, adding that AQIS is being operated from Afghanistan.
The arrested militants confessed that a 10 militants killed during a conflict during a Karachi airfield belonged to Karachi, however, their bodies will be exhumed for DNA tests after a justice order, sensitive Khattab, adding that they also confessed that they were formulation to aim majalis and had even finished their task to conflict a few imambargahs.
The militants were to lift out a self-murder bombing and AQIS was providing a self-murder bomber, pronounced to be a youngster, Mehmood, who belonged to Burma though was a proprietor of Korangi, sensitive Khattab.
Published in The Express Tribune, Oct 8th, 2016.
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