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ISLAMABAD, Jan 29 (KUNA) -- Five suspected Islamic militants of a banned
extremist group were killed, four wounded and two arrested in over a five-hour
long shootout with police and Rangers in Pakistans southern Karachi port city.
The exchange of fierce fire started when a police team raided a house in
Landhi district of the city on a tip-off that militants of an outlawed
terrorist group were hiding there.
Militants traded fire with police with small arms. The shootout left two
policemen killed and seven others wounded, said Akhtar Zamin, the caretaker
interior minister of Sindh Province, while talking to media.
He said five militants were killed and four were wounded. Two wounded
militants were arrested while trying to escape, he said, adding that four
women and three children were also arrested from the house.
Police sources said the militants are believed to be the members of
Jundullah (Army of God), a Sunni Muslim organization that has close links with
Al-Qaeda and involved in two assassination attempts on President Musharraf in
2003. (end)
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