4 Pak Intelligence Operatives Among 9 Killed: Reports
Four intelligence operatives and five militants were killed when Pakistani security personnel clashed with armed militants of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group in Punjab province today, media reports said.
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi leader Doctor Arshad alias Mufti was among the militants killed in the clashes in Chakwal district, located about 90-km from Islamabad, the reports said.
The clashes erupted after security forces backed by helicopters launched an operation to flush out militants in a mountainous area.
The operation continued till the evening as officials believed Arshad's accomplices were hiding in the region.
Troops conducted a house-to-house search to apprehend fleeing militants and their facilitators. Footage on television showed helicopters and security personnel participating in the operation.
There was no official word on the operation and the clashes.
Four intelligence officials, including an army major, were killed when militants fired at a raiding party, Express News channel reported.
Dawn News reported that the four intelligence officials had been kidnapped by militants and the operation was launched to free them.
However, the militants shot them dead after the operation was launched, it reported.
Aaj news channel reported that police had arrested 13 militants.
FILED ON: NOV 12, 2011
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