QUETTA, Pakistan: Security forces foiled a major terrorism bid in Quetta as they killed at least five alleged terrorists in a gun battle in Chashma Achozai area, an outskirt of Balochistan Capital late night between Monday and Tuesday, officials said.
The Home Minister Balochistan Mir Sarfaraz Bugti said that the terrorists hided in Chashma Achozai area to carry out act of terrorism in Quetta, adding the security forces timely foiled their nefarious designs.
“A group of terrorists were present in Chashma Achozai area, a suburb of Quetta with heavy quantity of weapons and explosives and had planned to commit act of terror attack in city,” he said, adding that the security forces following intelligence information, timely took action against them.
The minister said that Inspector General Police Balochistan Ahsan Mehboob himself supervised the operation against the terrorists. He said that weapons and explosives recovered from the possession of the terrorists included Kalashnikov, pistol and improvised explosive devices.
The police sources said that on a tip-off about presence of armed men in Chashma Achozai area of the provincial capital, police and other law enforcement agencies launched search operation in the area to arrest the accused.
“The armed men hided in a house opened fire at a party of Airport Police and the security forces retaliated against the attack. The gun battle between the armed men and the security forces remained continuous for several hours which led to the killing of five alleged terrorists,” they said.
