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At least two suicide bombers have been killed after police launched a raid on their hideout in the Pakistani city of Karachi, police have said.
The bombers set off their explosives during a shootout with police in Karachi's Baldia neighbourhood on Friday, Babar Khattak, the provincial police chief, said.
A third bomber is believed to be buried in the rubble of the house, he said.
"We have saved Karachi from death and destruction. We know who they were and what was their target in Karachi, but we cannot disclose it immediately."(even after all this still giving them protection excellent)
The incident occurred a few hours before Yousuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan's prime minister, was due to arrive in Karachi, Pakistans largest city.
However, there was no official indication that he was the target of the bombers.
Infomation from detainee
The raid on the bombers' hideout came after police gathered information from a member of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an outlawed Sunni Muslim group.
The informant had been detained in a raid carried out at dawn on Friday, Khattak said.
"We surrounded the area after the detainee told interrogators that his colleagues hiding there were heavily armed and also carried suicide jackets," Khattak said.
When police surrounded the property in Baldia, the fighters threw at least five grenades at them, although there were no casualties.
"The militants blew themselves up after their ammunition was exhausted," Khattak said.
Khattak said the individuals were sought in connection with a suicide bombing at a religious gathering in Karachi, in which 47 people died.
The raid in Karachi comes less than a week after at least 60 people were killed in a suicide truck bomb attack on the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital.
Fighters linked to al-Qaeda and the Taliban have claimed responsibility for several suicide attacks in recent weeks, but the Taliban denied involvement in the Marriott bombing.
They have said that the bombings were carried out in retaliation for Pakistani military offensives against opposition fighters in the northwest of the country
Al Jazeera English - CENTRAL/S. ASIA - Pakistan bombers die in police raid
The bombers set off their explosives during a shootout with police in Karachi's Baldia neighbourhood on Friday, Babar Khattak, the provincial police chief, said.
A third bomber is believed to be buried in the rubble of the house, he said.
"We have saved Karachi from death and destruction. We know who they were and what was their target in Karachi, but we cannot disclose it immediately."(even after all this still giving them protection excellent)
The incident occurred a few hours before Yousuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan's prime minister, was due to arrive in Karachi, Pakistans largest city.
However, there was no official indication that he was the target of the bombers.
Infomation from detainee
The raid on the bombers' hideout came after police gathered information from a member of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an outlawed Sunni Muslim group.
The informant had been detained in a raid carried out at dawn on Friday, Khattak said.
"We surrounded the area after the detainee told interrogators that his colleagues hiding there were heavily armed and also carried suicide jackets," Khattak said.
When police surrounded the property in Baldia, the fighters threw at least five grenades at them, although there were no casualties.
"The militants blew themselves up after their ammunition was exhausted," Khattak said.
Khattak said the individuals were sought in connection with a suicide bombing at a religious gathering in Karachi, in which 47 people died.
The raid in Karachi comes less than a week after at least 60 people were killed in a suicide truck bomb attack on the Marriott hotel in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital.
Fighters linked to al-Qaeda and the Taliban have claimed responsibility for several suicide attacks in recent weeks, but the Taliban denied involvement in the Marriott bombing.
They have said that the bombings were carried out in retaliation for Pakistani military offensives against opposition fighters in the northwest of the country
Al Jazeera English - CENTRAL/S. ASIA - Pakistan bombers die in police raid
. Blast caused three-feet deep hole in the home while an other bomb was also diffused. 
