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Karachi police arrests Taliban commanders planning attack on city

By samyuktha
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Karachi, Jun.12 (ANI): The Karachi police has claimed arresting two Taliban extremists, who were said to be planning a major terror strike in the country's financial capital.

The arrests were made from a house in Baldia area of Karachi during a raid, a senior police official said.

"The police are interrogating the two men, Inamullah Mehsud, a resident of North Waziristan tribal region, and his local facilitator Sajjadullah Mehsud," The Dawn quoted Omar Shahid, as saying.

A huge cache of arms and ammunition was also recovered in the police raid.

Shahid said that the arrested Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) members were planning to target some important installations in Karachi through suicide attackers, who were to be called in from terror hot bed North Waziristan. (ANI)

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