Two IS militants killed in Pak

Press Trust of India  |  Karachi 

Two suspected Islamic State militants were today gunned down by Pakistani security forces in a raid in Manghopir area here.

During the raid, the militants opened fire at the security personnel, leaving one policeman injured, SSP West Nasir Aftab said.



In the retaliatory fire, both the suspects were killed while their accomplices managed to escape the site. Weapons and were found from their possession, the GEO reported.

The SSP said a hit list was found on the laptop, that included names of police officers and other officials.

The suspected militants have been identified as Saifullah and Haneef.

(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

Two IS militants killed in Pak

Two suspected Islamic State militants were today gunned down by Pakistani security forces in a raid in Manghopir area here. During the raid, the militants opened fire at the security personnel, leaving one policeman injured, SSP West Nasir Aftab said. In the retaliatory fire, both the suspects were killed while their accomplices managed to escape the site. Weapons and laptops were found from their possession, the GEO News reported. The SSP said a hit list was found on the laptop, that included names of police officers and other government officials. The suspected militants have been identified as Saifullah and Haneef. Two suspected Islamic State militants were today gunned down by Pakistani security forces in a raid in Manghopir area here.

During the raid, the militants opened fire at the security personnel, leaving one policeman injured, SSP West Nasir Aftab said.

In the retaliatory fire, both the suspects were killed while their accomplices managed to escape the site. Weapons and were found from their possession, the GEO reported.

The SSP said a hit list was found on the laptop, that included names of police officers and other officials.

The suspected militants have been identified as Saifullah and Haneef.

(This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

image
Business Standard
177 22