Major network of target killers busted in Balochistan
May 23, 2017
QUETTA: A major network of target killers was busted on Tuesday as the Law Enforcement Agencies arrested two top commanders, along with their accomplices in the south-western province.
According to sources, the suspects aligned with a proscribed organisation were involved in terrorist attacks, including target killings across the province and acted as facilitators in over 24 militant attacks.
The sources further claimed, that confessional video statements of the suspects have been released.
Home Minister Sarfraz Bugti lauded the raid by the security forces which unearthed the network.
Bugti said that one of the caught commanders, Saeed Ahmed alias Taqwi is the mastermind behind the civil hospital tragedy which claimed more than 70 lives, mostly from the lawyers’ fraternity.
The home minister said that efforts are underway for the recovery for Secretary Higher Education, who had been abducted in March 2017, by unknown men from the provincial capital.
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He expressed determination that the authorities won’t rest until the last terrorist is caught from the province.
Balochistan - Pakistan's largest province in terms of land area - has been plagued by an insurgency and sectarian killings for several years now. However, security forces have conducted effective operations across the province cracking down on militants.
This has led to a considerable drop in militancy in the province but scattered attacks are still reported at times.
A major terrorist attack at the Civil Hospital Quetta in August had left over 70 people dead - majority of which were members of the legal fraternity. The incident drew an outpour of anger with renewed calls for action against militants.
Security forces have since then intensified intelligence-based and combing operations in the province in an effort to establish peace in the province.
