‘Key member’ of banned terror outfit arrested in Sukkur

SUKKUR: A suspected terrorist affiliated with a banned outfit was arrested after a police shootout in Rohri, Sukkur on Saturday night, ARY News reported.

According to police, Ali Moor Bugti was nabbed with heavy explosives in his possession.

Senior Superintendent of Police, Irfan Samo, said Bugti was a senior member of Baloch Republican Army (BRA). He said the terrorist was involved in several criminal activities in Karachi and was wanted to police.

He informed that four accomplices of Bugti managed to flee from the scene. The arrested suspect has been moved to an undisclosed location for interrogation.

On Jan 1, Security forces had foiled a major terror attack on the residential area of Frontier Corps (FC) training camp in Balochistan’s Loralai area, killing four terrorists, said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

The security forces intercepted the terrorists at the entrance of the residential area and gunned down all the four terrorists. One of the terrorists blew himself up during the clearance operation.

Four security personnel also embraced martyrdom while two others sustained bullet wounds in the terror attack.

“The valiant and timely action of security forces denied entry of terrorists into the residential area which would have resulted into more number of casualties,” said ISPR.