A huge quantity of explosives and weapons and banned literature were recovered from the house.
A huge quantity of explosives and weapons and banned literature were recovered from the house.
Lahore
: Five militants who were plotting to target government offices in Pakistan's Punjab province were killed on Sunday in a gun battle with security forces and a huge quantity of explosives was seized from them.
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) killed the militants in a raid at a house in Shahkot area in Nankana Sahib district, some 70 kilometres from, early on Sunday.
A source in the CTD said that the militants were members of the Tahreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and they also had close association with the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ).
-"The terrorists were planing to target offices of the law enforcement agencies in Lahore,-" he said. A CTD official earlier said that a team raided the house following intelligence that eight militants were hiding there.
-"When the personnel surrounded the house and asked the suspects to surrender they opened fire on them. The personnel returned the fire killing five terrorists on the spot,-" the official said, adding the other suspects managed to flee.
A huge quantity of explosives and weapons and banned literature were recovered from the house.
Nankana Sahib is the birthplace of Sikhism's founder Guru Nanak.
