4 militants killed in encounter in Pakistan

October 01, 2015 19:30

Four militants from the banned Pakistani Taliban and Lashkar-e-Jhanghvi terrorist groups, including the alleged mastermind involved in the assassination of Pakistan's Punjab province Home Minister, were killed today in an encounter.

Punjab home minister Colonel (retd) Shuja Khanzada was assassinated in a suicide attack on his political office in Shadi Khan village on August 16.

The Counter-Terrorism Department conducted an intelligence-based raid on a house in Iqbal Town Division's Sherakot area on the outskirts of Lahore. In a statement issued to media, the CTD said: "It received secret information regarding the presence of some seven to eight terrorists within the limits of Sherakot police station, Lahore. They were planning to launch a big attack on officials of law enforcement agencies in the late morning."

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