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* Explosives, suicide vests, weapons seized as police kill suspects ‘planning attacks’ on processions
* Several bombs defused in Peshawar, Kurram, Muzaffargarh, Islamabad
Staff Report
KARACHI: Six terrorists belonging to the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi were killed during an encounter with the Crime Investigation Department in the port city on Thursday as Muharram 9 passed without incident across the country.
The terrorists, who were planning a major attack in Muharram, were killed near Laki Pahari area of Maripur late on Wednesday. The encounter took place when CID police, on a tip-off about the presence of men belonging to the banned organisation, conducted a targeted raid. As the police team reached the terrorists’ hideout they opened fire. Police fired back, killing six terrorists, while three CID personnel, Yasir, Faizan and Ali Faisal, sustained bullet injures.
The deceased terrorists were identified as Gul Hassan, Karachi chapter chief of LeJ’s Asif Chohto group, two suspected suicide bombers, Mohammad Arif alias Salahuddin alias Mairaj alias Javed Chashma, and Naveed Baloch alias Chohta, Syed Khalil Hussain Shah alias Shahji, Maqbool alias Baan and Naveed Ayub. Their bodies were taken to the Civil Hospital and later shifted to Edhi morgue, Sohrab Goth. “They were planning to carry out an attack on Shia mourners,” an official claimed. He said they would have first fired and then carried out suicide bombings at the Hussainian Iranian Imambargah in Kharadar. The terrorists were also planning to attack an Ashura procession.
Meanwhile, the Anti-Terrorism Cell (AEC) officials claimed to have recovered suicide jackets and a car-load of explosives along with a motorcycle with which the terrorists were going to attack the Hussainia Iranian Imambargah. The official said that Gul Hassan was also arrested in the past but was released on bail. He was the mastermind of the attack on Justice Maqbool Baqar and was wanted to the police; he was also involved in various other cases of terrorism, including bombings at the Hyderi Masjid and Ali Raza Imambargah as well as attacks on the buses of SUPARCO. “The other terrorists killed during the encounter were involved in more than 50 cases of sectarian target killings, including that of Shia lawyers and a journalist, Syed Shah, in Karachi,” the official said.
Meanwhile, security forces on Thursday foiled terrorism bids in different parts of the country by recovering and defusing explosive devices. In Peshawar, Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) defused a 20-kilogramme bomb planted along Ring Road. This was the second bomb defused by BDS in as many days. Separately, police in Kot Addu foiled an attempt of terrorism by recovering and defusing a 10-kilogramme bomb, planted on a Muharram procession route. According to police, the bomb was wrapped in a plastic bag and placed in a trolley.
Municipal employees found the bag while cleaning the area and informed police. A bid to target a Muharram procession in Kurram Agency was also thwarted after security forces recovered a huge cache of explosives during a raid on the compound of a leader of a banned outfit. Security forces raided the compound of Qari Naeem in Anudanad area, arrested two terrorists and recovered a huge cache of weapons, including 55 IEDs, two RPGs, 15 landmines, 16 anti-tank mortars, five bombs and anti-aircraft guns. The security forces in Islamabad also foiled a terror bid and arrested two persons, including one suicide bomber, during a raid.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013\11\15\story_15-11-2013_pg1_1
* Several bombs defused in Peshawar, Kurram, Muzaffargarh, Islamabad
Staff Report
KARACHI: Six terrorists belonging to the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi were killed during an encounter with the Crime Investigation Department in the port city on Thursday as Muharram 9 passed without incident across the country.
The terrorists, who were planning a major attack in Muharram, were killed near Laki Pahari area of Maripur late on Wednesday. The encounter took place when CID police, on a tip-off about the presence of men belonging to the banned organisation, conducted a targeted raid. As the police team reached the terrorists’ hideout they opened fire. Police fired back, killing six terrorists, while three CID personnel, Yasir, Faizan and Ali Faisal, sustained bullet injures.
The deceased terrorists were identified as Gul Hassan, Karachi chapter chief of LeJ’s Asif Chohto group, two suspected suicide bombers, Mohammad Arif alias Salahuddin alias Mairaj alias Javed Chashma, and Naveed Baloch alias Chohta, Syed Khalil Hussain Shah alias Shahji, Maqbool alias Baan and Naveed Ayub. Their bodies were taken to the Civil Hospital and later shifted to Edhi morgue, Sohrab Goth. “They were planning to carry out an attack on Shia mourners,” an official claimed. He said they would have first fired and then carried out suicide bombings at the Hussainian Iranian Imambargah in Kharadar. The terrorists were also planning to attack an Ashura procession.
Meanwhile, the Anti-Terrorism Cell (AEC) officials claimed to have recovered suicide jackets and a car-load of explosives along with a motorcycle with which the terrorists were going to attack the Hussainia Iranian Imambargah. The official said that Gul Hassan was also arrested in the past but was released on bail. He was the mastermind of the attack on Justice Maqbool Baqar and was wanted to the police; he was also involved in various other cases of terrorism, including bombings at the Hyderi Masjid and Ali Raza Imambargah as well as attacks on the buses of SUPARCO. “The other terrorists killed during the encounter were involved in more than 50 cases of sectarian target killings, including that of Shia lawyers and a journalist, Syed Shah, in Karachi,” the official said.
Meanwhile, security forces on Thursday foiled terrorism bids in different parts of the country by recovering and defusing explosive devices. In Peshawar, Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) defused a 20-kilogramme bomb planted along Ring Road. This was the second bomb defused by BDS in as many days. Separately, police in Kot Addu foiled an attempt of terrorism by recovering and defusing a 10-kilogramme bomb, planted on a Muharram procession route. According to police, the bomb was wrapped in a plastic bag and placed in a trolley.
Municipal employees found the bag while cleaning the area and informed police. A bid to target a Muharram procession in Kurram Agency was also thwarted after security forces recovered a huge cache of explosives during a raid on the compound of a leader of a banned outfit. Security forces raided the compound of Qari Naeem in Anudanad area, arrested two terrorists and recovered a huge cache of weapons, including 55 IEDs, two RPGs, 15 landmines, 16 anti-tank mortars, five bombs and anti-aircraft guns. The security forces in Islamabad also foiled a terror bid and arrested two persons, including one suicide bomber, during a raid.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2013\11\15\story_15-11-2013_pg1_1
