4 ISIS terrorists held in Pak’s Punjab province

Four alleged ISIS terrorists were arrested in Pakistan’s Punjab province, the police said on Saturday. A spokesperson of Punjab Police’s Counter Terrorism Department said acting on a tip-off, the CTD raided the hideouts of terrorists in four cities of Punjab — Lahore, Toba Tek Singh, Bahawalpur and Mianwali — and arrested as many terrorists belonging to Daesh (ISIS).

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The terrorists have been identified as Amjadur Rehman, Sher Ali, Zahabullah and Tayyab Raees. The police recovered 2,570 grams of explosives, three detonators, 18.7 feet of safety fuse wire, a Kalashnikov rifle with 40 rounds of ammunition, a 30-bore pistol with 20 bullets, four hand grenades and banned literature of ISIS from their possession.

The CTD spokesperson said the arrested terrorists had planned to target important installations and personalities. Meanwhile, CTD Punjab has conducted 980 combing operations this week, in collaboration with local law enforcement agencies, screening 32,662 individuals. These operations led to the arrest of 109 suspects and the registration of 102 FIRs, with 88 recoveries reported.