Pakistani security forces raided a compound in the country’s troubled southwest and killed four militants linked to an attack on a police academy earlier in the week, officials said yesterday
Pakistani policemen offer absentia funeral prayers for the victims of a militant attack on the Balochistan Police College, in Lahore. Pic/AFP
Quetta: Pakistani security forces raided a compound in the country’s troubled southwest and killed four militants linked to an attack on a police academy earlier in the week, officials said yesterday.
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The raid in Quetta was carried out late on Thursday following an intelligence tip-off about the presence of fighters from the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) militant group.
“A team of anti-terrorist force raided the compound and killed four militants after an exchange of gunfire,” a senior local police officer, Abdullah Afridi, said.
Another officer said the militants belonged to the LeJ — a faction claiming it had worked with the IS to carry out the Monday night raid that killed 61 people, the deadliest assault on a security installation in Pakistan’s history.
IS had previously also claimed the raid and released photos of the fighters involved, one of whom bore a strong resemblance to the attacker killed by security forces in the assault.
The extent of any material support to local groups from IS remains unclear, but affiliation with the notoriously brutal outfit brings the promise of a far higher profile.
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