Two abducted foreigners rescued in Quetta: police

Published August 23, 2015
Sindh Police had approached the provincial police of Balochistan for their aid in recovering the kidnapped foreigners. -AFP/File
Sindh Police had approached the provincial police of Balochistan for their aid in recovering the kidnapped foreigners. -AFP/File

QUETTA: Police on Sunday evening recovered two kidnapped foreign nationals in a raid conducted in Quetta’s Jinnah Town area.

“A raid was conducted at a house in Jinnah Town and we recovered two foreign nationals, one from Nigeria and the other from Tanzania,” said the police source.

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“We have also apprehended Haji Shah during the raid, he had kidnapped the two foreigners.

The two foreigners were earlier abducted from Karachi a month and a half ago.

Sindh Police had approached the provincial police of Balochistan for their aid in recovering the kidnapped foreigners.

Nine suspected militants arrested: FC

In a separate raid, the Frontier Corps (FC) along with a security agency arrested nine suspected militants From Balochistan’s Turbat area on Sunday.

“The militants were involved in the murder of labourers arrested earlier and they belong to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),” said an FC official.

“We conducted a raid in the Zhob area and apprehended the militants with the aid of a security agency,” the FC official added.

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The identity of the suspected militants was not disclosed.

The arrested militants have been shifted to an undisclosed location for further interrogation according to the FC official.

Security forces have intensified their actions in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan after the announcement of National Action Plan to combat terrorism in the country.

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