Gujranwala Raid: Police arrest three Da’ish militants

Police also claimed to have seized two kilograms of explosives, two detonators, three safety fuses lauding Da’ish

LAHORE: The Gujranwala police’s Counter-Terrorism Department claimed on Sunday to have arrested three suspected terrorists associated with the so-called Islamic State terrorist group. A CTD spokesperson said the police received information that three men were planning to attack a shrine in Gujranwala in a hideout near Eminabad. The law enforcement personnel raided the hideout at 4pm and arrested the suspected terrorists. The suspects were identified as Ali Raza, a resident of Lahore, Jawad Hamzam, a resident of Mirpurkhas, and Atif Mushtaq, a resident of Toba Tek Singh. Police also claimed to have seized two kilograms of explosives, two detonators, three safety fuses and pamphlets lauding Da’ish.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 15^th, 2016.