Security forces recover cache of explosive material
- By Web Desk -
- Oct 22, 2020
QUETTA: Security forces claimed on Thursday to have thwarted a major terror bid by seizing a cache of explosive material during a raid in Balochistan’s Zhob district.
According to details, the raid was conducted in the Qamaruddin Karez area of the district.
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The seized explosives include eight bombs weighing six to eight kilogrammes, a bag full of material used to make improvised explosive devices (IEDs), remote control, detonators, ball bearings, and wires.
Security sources say proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) desired to use the explosives in terror activities in Quetta and Zhob. All the explosive material is believed to have been brought into the country from Afghanistan.
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