KHANEWAL: Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Multan and Khanewal district police in a joint action conducted an operation near Lakhi Tibbi Adda foiled a terrorist plot by killing four terrorists. According to CTD official sources, the killed suspected terrorists were plotting to target Multan and sensitive installations surrounding it. CTD sources disclosed that the information had been received about the terrorists upon which a raid was conducted at Jahanian’s Ada Lakhi Tibbi area. The terrorists opened fire on police and one suicide bomber blew himself up, killing four suspected terrorists. The terrorists were identified as Hassan Majeed, Muhammad Anwar, Waqas Ahmad and SarUl Kasmi. Meanwhile, three alleged militants took advantage of the darkness and managed to flee. A rifle, two pistols and explosive material in large quantity was recovered while CTD revealed that the suspected terrorists belonged to banned militant outfits. Bodies were brought to in DHQ for postmortem. A search operation was started in the area to arrest the suspected militants who had escaped.
