Officials apprehend two armed suspects in Khanewal, one killed

One suspect died after a grenade he was trying to hurl at officials exploded in his hands.

KHANEWAL: Officials of an intelligence agency and along with local Police and Elite force skirmished with armed men in Khanewal during which one attacker died in an explosion, while his two injured accomplices were apprehended.

Intelligence agents acting on a tip off, raided a hideout in Vehari but the suspects had managed to escape just before the raid.

Security officials pursued the suspects. DPO Khanewal Rana Ayaz Saleem while talking to The Express Tribune said that police intercepted the suspects between Vehari and Khanewal.

The suspects opened fire on the officials, injuring two. Earlier reports had suggested that the two officials had been killed.

In the ensuing exchange of fire, officials claimed injuring two of the suspects, who were later apprehended.

A police official told Express News that the suspects had also hurled a grenade at the officials during the firing before another grenade exploded before it could be released.

The injured suspects were shifted to Vehari hospital where their condition was described stable.

The official added that the men have not yet been identified, or where they were coming from.