Lahore, May 27 (DIN NEWS)<\/b> Six militants, involved in the killing of a Brigadier of Pakistan’s spy agency ISI and several deadly blasts, were shot dead today during an encounter with the security forces in Punjab, a media report said.<\/p>\n
According to the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), the suspects were also involved in the blast near the residence-cum-office of Punjab province Chief Minister Shahbaz Shari last year that claimed 26 lives including eight policemen.<\/p>\n
The CTD had tracked the militants near Gujrat in Punjab where a gunbattle broke out between them, Geo News reported.<\/p>\n
The suspects, eight or nine in number, had opened fire on the CTD team.<\/p>\n
The team killed six suspects in retaliatory fire, while three of them managed to escape, an official said.<\/p>\n
A CTD spokesperson said the suspects were involved in the killing of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) Brigadier Zahoor Fazal Qadri and his brother in Sargodha in 2004.<\/p>\n
Those killed in the shootout have been identified as Abdul Muqeem, Faisal, Usman, Azeem, Rauf and Sohaib, whose name was included in the red book, according to the report.<\/p>\n
The militants wanted to target sensitive installations, the spokesman said and added that suicide jackets, electronic devices and hand grenades were seized from the possession of the terrorists.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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