Seven target killers of banned outfit held in Karachi CTD raids
Crime
They were complicit in murdering police informers, sectarian assaults
KARACHI (Dunya News) – CTD police claimed to have arrested seven target killers of a banned sectarian organisation in intelligence-based operations (IBO) in two separate areas, Dunya News reported here on Tuesday.
In the first raid, police arrested suspect Ameen, alias Manna of banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) and his three accomplices. The militants are involved in killing police informers and sectarian attacks.
In another raid, CTD police nabbed three more suspected hitmen on the information of accused Ameen. According to police, the arrested outlaws were complicit in targeted killing of four people.
“In view of the recent targeted killings in Karachi, including the killing of police informers and sectarian murders, the Sindh Counter Terrorism Department conducted intelligence-based operations in various areas of the city and continued to pursue the terrorists for their arrest.