Law enforcement: Three suspected militants killed during Rangers raid in Lyari
Over 50 suspects have been arrested by Rangers and police respectively
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KARACHI:
Rangers and police have continued their actions against criminals and terrorists in the city and killed three more suspected terrorists and arrested over 50 suspects during encounters and raids.
The Rangers claim to have killed at least three suspected terrorists during a raid conducted on a tip-off at Gul Muhammad Lane in Lyari. The Rangers spokesperson said that an exchange of fire between the Rangers troops and the terrorists occurred when they launched a surgical action. Upon seeing the Rangers, the terrorists opened fire. The retaliatory fire killed three terrorists. One Rangers officer was wounded in the encounter. Weapons were recovered from the suspects' possession. Their bodies were shifted to the Edhi morgue in Sohrab Goth for identification purposes after medico-legal formalities were completed at Civil Hospital, Karachi, where they were identified as Hazrat Bilal, Siraj Gul and Omar Rana alias Laptop.
The Rangers spokesperson said that two suspects belonged to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Bilal was associated with the Abid Muchar group of the TTP and was involved in at least half a dozen cases of targeted killings, street crimes and a hand grenade attack on the Sohrab Goth traffic police post. Gul was also associated with the TTP and was involved in bomb blasts at schools in FATA, looting law enforcement vehicles containing arms and ammunitions and the kidnapping at least eight Frontier Constabulary personnel. Omar Rana was involved in at least four cases of targeted killings in 2014.
Separately, the Rangers also claim to have arrested three suspects, during targeted raids conducted in Gulberg and Lyari. The Rangers spokesperson added that the suspects belonged to a banned group, while weapons were also recovered from their possession.
The police also continued to search for the suspects involved in the attack on the military policemen. They conducted raids in parts of Saddar, particularly surrounding the Rainbow Centre and Empress Market, and apprehended nearly 50 suspects. The suspects were shifted to different police stations in district South for further investigations.
On the other hand, investigators said that they have obtained the geo-fencing report, which suggests that the assailants did not use cellphones before or after the incident. However, police investigators have found witnesses to aid in making sketches of the suspects.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 4th, 2015.
Rangers and police have continued their actions against criminals and terrorists in the city and killed three more suspected terrorists and arrested over 50 suspects during encounters and raids.
The Rangers claim to have killed at least three suspected terrorists during a raid conducted on a tip-off at Gul Muhammad Lane in Lyari. The Rangers spokesperson said that an exchange of fire between the Rangers troops and the terrorists occurred when they launched a surgical action. Upon seeing the Rangers, the terrorists opened fire. The retaliatory fire killed three terrorists. One Rangers officer was wounded in the encounter. Weapons were recovered from the suspects' possession. Their bodies were shifted to the Edhi morgue in Sohrab Goth for identification purposes after medico-legal formalities were completed at Civil Hospital, Karachi, where they were identified as Hazrat Bilal, Siraj Gul and Omar Rana alias Laptop.
The Rangers spokesperson said that two suspects belonged to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Bilal was associated with the Abid Muchar group of the TTP and was involved in at least half a dozen cases of targeted killings, street crimes and a hand grenade attack on the Sohrab Goth traffic police post. Gul was also associated with the TTP and was involved in bomb blasts at schools in FATA, looting law enforcement vehicles containing arms and ammunitions and the kidnapping at least eight Frontier Constabulary personnel. Omar Rana was involved in at least four cases of targeted killings in 2014.
Separately, the Rangers also claim to have arrested three suspects, during targeted raids conducted in Gulberg and Lyari. The Rangers spokesperson added that the suspects belonged to a banned group, while weapons were also recovered from their possession.
The police also continued to search for the suspects involved in the attack on the military policemen. They conducted raids in parts of Saddar, particularly surrounding the Rainbow Centre and Empress Market, and apprehended nearly 50 suspects. The suspects were shifted to different police stations in district South for further investigations.
On the other hand, investigators said that they have obtained the geo-fencing report, which suggests that the assailants did not use cellphones before or after the incident. However, police investigators have found witnesses to aid in making sketches of the suspects.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 4th, 2015.