Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 03 Nov 2022, 09:55 pm Print
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Karachi: The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) of Sindh police on Thursday claimed its personnel have arrested a suspected terrorist who allegedly intended to kill a Chinese doctor in Hyderabad, mdeia reports said on Friday.
The attackers were reportedly associated with a similar attack on Chinese dentists in Karachi in September.
A statement by the CTD spokesperson, the department’s personnel and a federal intelligence agency conducted an operation in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar after receiving information about the suspect’s presence in the area, reports Dawn News.
They subsequently arrested a member of banned Sindh Revolutionary Army (SRA), identified as Afzal Lund alias Aafi, the statement said, adding that a 30-bore unlicensed pistol along with a 5-round magazine and a motorcycle were seized from his possession.
The CTD said the suspect had admitted during interrogation that he had been in contact with SRA chief Zulfiqar Khaskheli, who was in Germany.
A case has been launched in connection with the incident.
A probe has been initiated.
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