Terror bid foiled in Muzaffargarh

The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) foiled a terror bid by arresting three terrorists during an operation in Muzaffargarh early Friday, CTD officials said. The terrorists belong to a banned outfit and were plotting an attack during the Christmas festivities, CTD said. Hand grenades were among the ammunition seized from the terrorists during the operation.
The CTD team, on a tipoff about the presence of five or six terrorists affiliated with the prescribed TTP members, conducted a raid in a compound near Jalalpur Pirwala. As the security personnel warned the suspects to surrender, they restored to firing. In retaliatory fire, two of the terrorists were killed while three others managed to escape.