Terror suspect killed, five others arrested in clash with CTD in Karachi

The Counter-Terrorism Department killed a terror suspect and arrested five others after an exchange of fire with them which lasted for more than an hour in Karachi’s Shah Latif Town Sunday.

CTD in-charge CTD Raja Umar Khattab said the terrorists were present in a building in Shah Latif Town and action was taken against them on a tip-off.

He said that the terrorists had parked a rickshaw in front of the gate of the building which had explosives in its hidden compartments and the men were fully prepared for a major terror activity.

Khattab said the National Counter-Terrorism Authority had warned of a “major terrorist activity” in Karachi.

Terrorists are planning a VBIED attack on “an unspecified important government department” in the city in the near future, NACTA had said.

The CTD official said they had been monitoring the building for a long time.

The process of identifying the terrorist killed and arrested in the police encounter and further investigation is under way.