Rangers kill four terrorists in Karachi’s Urdu Bazaar clash
karachi — Four suspected militants and a minor child were killed during a raid carried out by Rangers personnel in Karachi’s Urdu Bazaar area on Monday night, a press release issued by the paramilitary force said, reports Dawn online.
Lasting nearly seven hours, the targeted operation ended at 2:45am on Tuesday, with one suspected militant shot dead in a shootout with Rangers and three other militants killed in suicide blasts.
Four Rangers personnel were injured in the operation as the suspected terrorists retaliated by throwing grenades and firing during the operation.
The Rangers in a statement said they had arrested a “most wanted” militant of a banned outfit while acting on an intelligence report in Ittehad Town. On the suspect’s pointation, Rangers personnel launched a raid on a building in Urdu Bazaar at 7:17pm on Monday.
Upon seeing them, the suspected militants opened fire at the security personnel with automatic weapons and lobbed hand grenades, leaving four Rangers men injured.
When Rangers personnel surrounded the building, the four militants including a woman confined themselves into a room.
A shootout then ensued between the two sides and continued well into the early hours of Tuesday. During this time, the militants also detonated three bombs, the handout said.
One of the militants was killed when he was hit by bullets fired by Rangers personnel while trying to flee, while three other militants blew themselves up, the paramilitary force said. A five-year-old boy present with the militants also died in the blast. Rangers claimed to have recovered a huge cache of weapons and ammunition.