Late-night raid: Da’ish man among 3 killed in Karachi
Rangers claims the Da’ish operative was also involved in the 2015 Safoora carnage
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ABBOTTABAD/KARACHI:
Three alleged terrorists – including an operative of the ultra-orthodox terrorist group Islamic State also known by its Arabic acronym Da’ish – were killed in the early hours of Thursday during a raid of the paramilitary Rangers in Karachi’s outskirts.
A large contingent of paramilitary troops laid siege to a house of the alleged militants in the impoverished Manghopir locality, whose various pockets were once regarded as a stronghold of religious militants.
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A shootout followed as the militants put up a stiff resistance. During the firefight, all three terrorists present in the hideout were killed. A Rangers’ soldier was also wounded.
The militants’ bodies were later shifted to Edhi morgue where they were identified as Salman alias Yasir, Muhammad Hussain alias Mistri Pathan and Muhammad Suleman Khan alias Sharmila Pathan.
“The killed militants were hardcore terrorists,” read a statement issued by Rangers on Thursday. “They belonged to Da’ish, al-Qaeda and Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) Swat chapter. The militants were wanted in a number of cases of terrorism.”
This is the first time that Rangers, which is leading surgical operations in Karachi since Sep 2013, has claimed killing a Da’ish militant.
Sharing details of the militants, the Rangers spokesperson said Hussain alias Mistri Pathan was affiliated with the Da’ish and al-Qaeda. “A hardcore militant was also part of the 2015 Safoora Goth carnage,” he added.
“He (Hussain) was directly involved in shooting the Ismaili community’s members,” the Ranger spokesperson claimed, adding: “He was also involved in killings of policemen, a bank robbery in Hyderabad in 2014 as well as extortion and robbery cases.”
He said Saleman Khan alias Sharmila Pathan was associated with al Qaeda and TTP and had close ties with hardcore terrorists.
The spokesperson said Khan was also involved in a hand grenade attack at an Imambargah at Ayesha Manzil Area in 2014 and a bank robbery in Hyderabad in 2014.
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Salman alias Yasir was the chief and a central leader of the TTP. “He has directly been involved in fighting against the military in Swat and also held four army soldiers hostage during Swat Operation in 2008,” he said.
Meanwhile, the CTD police in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa foiled a Da’ish plan to blow up an imambargah in Kaghan valley and arrested one person. A counter terrorism court has granted 10-day physical remand of the suspect to the CTD.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 11th, 2016.
Three alleged terrorists – including an operative of the ultra-orthodox terrorist group Islamic State also known by its Arabic acronym Da’ish – were killed in the early hours of Thursday during a raid of the paramilitary Rangers in Karachi’s outskirts.
A large contingent of paramilitary troops laid siege to a house of the alleged militants in the impoverished Manghopir locality, whose various pockets were once regarded as a stronghold of religious militants.
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A shootout followed as the militants put up a stiff resistance. During the firefight, all three terrorists present in the hideout were killed. A Rangers’ soldier was also wounded.
The militants’ bodies were later shifted to Edhi morgue where they were identified as Salman alias Yasir, Muhammad Hussain alias Mistri Pathan and Muhammad Suleman Khan alias Sharmila Pathan.
“The killed militants were hardcore terrorists,” read a statement issued by Rangers on Thursday. “They belonged to Da’ish, al-Qaeda and Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) Swat chapter. The militants were wanted in a number of cases of terrorism.”
This is the first time that Rangers, which is leading surgical operations in Karachi since Sep 2013, has claimed killing a Da’ish militant.
Sharing details of the militants, the Rangers spokesperson said Hussain alias Mistri Pathan was affiliated with the Da’ish and al-Qaeda. “A hardcore militant was also part of the 2015 Safoora Goth carnage,” he added.
“He (Hussain) was directly involved in shooting the Ismaili community’s members,” the Ranger spokesperson claimed, adding: “He was also involved in killings of policemen, a bank robbery in Hyderabad in 2014 as well as extortion and robbery cases.”
He said Saleman Khan alias Sharmila Pathan was associated with al Qaeda and TTP and had close ties with hardcore terrorists.
The spokesperson said Khan was also involved in a hand grenade attack at an Imambargah at Ayesha Manzil Area in 2014 and a bank robbery in Hyderabad in 2014.
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Salman alias Yasir was the chief and a central leader of the TTP. “He has directly been involved in fighting against the military in Swat and also held four army soldiers hostage during Swat Operation in 2008,” he said.
Meanwhile, the CTD police in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa foiled a Da’ish plan to blow up an imambargah in Kaghan valley and arrested one person. A counter terrorism court has granted 10-day physical remand of the suspect to the CTD.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 11th, 2016.