ISLAMABAD, Dec 15 (NNN-APP) – Police in Rawalpindi district of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, foiled a terror bid, to attack the Islamabad Stock Exchange and other important government installations in the capital, and arrested three militants, officials said.
The counter-terrorism department of police (CTD), carried out a search operation in Islamabad, by acting on an intelligence tip-off, regarding presence of suspected militants involved in a recent terrorist attack in Rawalpindi, the CTD officials told media yesterday.
Police also recovered arms and ammunition from the arrested militants, who confessed their involvement in the terrorist attack, which left 25 people injured.
The militants, whose identities are not revealed, told police, they planed to attack the Stock Exchange, to send shock waves to the country’s economy.
Further investigation is underway, after which the police will reach out to their facilitators and accomplices, the CTD official added.
Earlier in June, militants stormed a stock exchange building in the country’s southern port city of Karachi. The attack was foiled by security staff of the building, police and paramilitary troops, who killed all the attackers.– NNN-APP
