ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 (NNN-APP) – Police in Pakistan’s south-west Balochistan province killed four terrorists, during a raid on their hideout, a provincial official said last night.
The Counter Terrorism Department of the police, raided the hideout in Mastung district, by acting on an intelligence tip-off, Zia Ullah Langau, home minister of Balochistan said, adding that, police were on high alert, after the intelligence agencies issued threat alert in the province.
The official said that six terrorists were hiding in the compound and two of them managed to escape during the exchange of fire and a search for them is underway.
He said, one of the killed militants had head money of two million rupees (12,000 U.S. dollars) and was wanted by police in many cases.
The official appealed to political parties in the country, to avoid any mass political gathering in the province in the coming days till the local police and security forces clear the province from the “latest threat.”
Earlier on Thursday, security sources said, Pakistan’s security forces had foiled a terror plot in Zhob district of Balochistan, by seizing a huge cache of arms during a search operation.– NNN-APP
