Five terrorists were arrested Moment by moment development of Mehran Operation
KARACHI: Five terrorists were arrested during the operation against them at PNS Mehran Naval Aviation Base and due to very reason the case was registered against 12 persons. Apprehended terrorists were shifted to Islamabad after the completion of operation, where three of them are under treatment at a military hospital.
This was revealed by highly reliable sources to Online.
The source said that when the terrorists entered PNS Mehran from the check post No.9 located between PAF Air Base and Naval Air Base, it was empty so they managed to enter the base.
Soon after their entrance, the terrorists had a clash with Rapid Response Force of Pak Navy, but the terrorist either killed the naval personnel or forced them to escape in first three minutes.
The sources said that during the first 45 minutes, the terrorists destroyed P3C Orion aircrafts, whereas Naval Marine reached there within 50 minutes.
The sources said that within f
ew minutes of attack, police and rangers reached there but the naval personnel did not allow them to go beyond the guardroom. After six hours of the attack, 1 Frontier Force also reached the base from Malir Cantt Karachi but their offer was also rejected by the navy.
After that the intelligence officials told the high command that situation has become out of control for the naval commandos then the Special Commandos of Pak Army Al-Zarar company reached Karachi through special plane from Islamabad and entered PNA Mehran at 6.10 am in the morning via PAF base however naval commandos held the charge of operation in their hands.
The sources said that at 11:30 am in the morning the Naval Commandos gave the signal of completing the operation and h
igh-ups of Navy reached there to inspect the wreckage of ruined aircraft, but at that time the terrorists which were hiding in jungle behind the hanger opened firing due to which three people were killed and several injured.
The sources claimed that firing was carried out on the naval commandos form 17 different points which was continued till 3:30 at night,
which showed that the number of terrorists were more than the statement of Federal Interior Minister and even written in the police report.
After 3:30 in the night, attack was again taken place from two points by the two terrorists who were hiding in the jungle behind the naval complex. At last they detonated themselves by explosive material.
When this scribe tried to contact spokesman of Pak Navy Sulman Ali , his cellular phone was off. When contacted to his office, they told for speaking to Sulman. They also told that his mobile is off due to the reason that he was busy in some meeting.
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