The arrested militants confessed that they had committed several crimes in Karachi, including killings and kidnapping, according to the CID statement. – File Photo by AFP

KARACHI: The Crime Investigation Department of Sindh Police claimed on Saturday to have arrested three suspected militants in the city’s Korangi industrial area.

A statement issued by the CID said that Tariq, Danish and Shah were captured during a raid conducted in a congested area near Vita Chowrangi.

The CID said that the three were associated with the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi group and trained in Fata for executing ‘different jobs’ in Karachi.

They had plans to attack senior politicians and prominent religious personalities.

The CID team seized five kilograms of explosive material, six mortar rounds, 15 detonators, nine devices, two electric wire sets, three TT pistols, several bullets and a snatched car.

The militants confessed that they had committed several crimes in Karachi, including killings and kidnapping, according to the CID statement.

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