LAHORE – At least five militants have been gunned down in an encounter with police on Lahore’s Raiwind Road after Lahore blast claimed 74 lives, private TV channel reported here on Wednesday.
According to the report, the firearms including hand grenades, two Kalashnikovs and 3 pistols were also seized from the militants. The report further said that the Crime Investigation Agency’s (CIA) raided a house in LDA Avenue Society prompting an exchange of fire that lasted for one and a half hour.
Three of the five killed were identified by names Khan Waheed, Nasir Iqbal and Junaid Zahoor. Police claimed that the militants may be involved in Sunday’s blast in Gulshan Park, Lahore as maps of Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Race Course, Bagh-e-Jinnah and Sambrial were recovered from their possession. A terrorist is said to have fled following the armed encounter.
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