Police in Murree claim arrest of Karachi’s target killers

Police in Murree Wednesday claimed they arrested 14 “target killers” during a raid.

The Punjab Police and Elite forces conducted the raid on the busy Mall Road.

Police sources said these targeted killers had arrived from Karachi and had taken refuge in Murree to avoid arrest.

The paramilitary forces with the help of police started operation on September 5 have rounded up more than 300 suspects since then.

Police said the security forces have conducted nearly 100 raids and arrested 1,232 criminals.

Meanwhile Rangers and police personnel on Wednesday arrested 29 suspects and killed three alleged terrorists during targeted operation conducted in different parts of Karachi.

Police also claimed to have confiscated weapons from the arrested suspects.

Rangers conducted targeted operations in Agra Taj Colony, Gulshan Iqbal, Mehran Town, Machar Colony, Quaid Abad, and Noor Mohammad Goth along with other areas.

Meanwhile, a suspected terrorist was killed during an operation conducted by CID police and Rangers in Manghopir area of Karachi.

Talking to the media outside Civil Hospital, SSP CID Chaudhry Aslam stated that the suspected terrorist, who was killed, was affiliated with a banned terrorist organisation. He added that two hand grenades and an automatic were also recovered from the persons’ possession.

 Two suspected terrorists were arrested from another part of the city after an alleged encounter with policemen.

Police personnel also claimed to have confiscated two hand grenades and weapons from the arrested suspects.

In Frontier Town, the police took into custody the main suspect involved in the attack on Noor-i-Haq’s office, while another 18 suspects were arrested from Baldia Town.

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