KARACHI: Two suspected militants were killed in a shootout with police in Manghopir area late on Thursday night, officials said.

They said the area police raided a hideout in Mianwali Colony of Manghopir on reports about the presence of some militants. The raid turned into an exchange of gunfire. “The men in the hideout attacked personnel of our team when they were busy taking positions following a tip-off about the presence of militants in the area,” said Ghulam Hussain Korai, the SHO of Manghopir police station.

“The shootout s left two militants dead. We recovered two pistols, a rifle and two hand-grenades. The bodies are being shifted to the Abbassi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.”

The identities of the deceased suspects were not determined yet, he said, but added that police had ‘enough reasons’ to believe that they were associated with a banned militant group and were said to be living in the area for a few weeks.

Published in Dawn, May 29th, 2015

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