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CTD ‘encounter’ left six ‘terrorists’ killed in Sheikhupura

SHEIKHUPURA: Six suspected terrorists of a banned organization were killed in an encounter with the Counter Terrorism Department in Sheikhupura on Friday night.

CTD sources said that a CTD Lahore party was carrying two suspects involved in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park blast, namely Shahidullah and Khan Zaib for weapons recovery when their accomplices attacked on the police near Sheikhupura factory area and succeed to get free the two suspects.

The CTD Lahore in collaboration with CTD Sheikhupura hold pickets at different areas to arrest the accused. The accused escaped in vegetable market near Sheikhupura bypass. The sources said that when the personnel detected the accused and asked to surrender, they opened fire on the personnel and in the response, six terrorist were killed. Sources said that three of their accomplices managed to flee by taking the opportunity of darkness. Police recovered a Kalashankof, a rifle, two pistils, explosive material and two motorcycles form the possession of the terrorists. Police launched search operation in the area to arrest the accomplices of the terrorists.