KARACHI: Police said they arrested four militants on Thursday who were planning 'terror attacks' in the Karachi and recovered suicide vests and explosives.
The four members of main militant umbrella group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), were arrested during a police raid in the Pirabad area of the southern port city, senior police official Omar Shahid told a press conference.
"The police are interrogating the four men, Babar Iqbal Babli, Maaz Irfan, Habibur Rehman and Habib Ullah, were trained in North Waziristan tribal region," Shahid said.
"They would extort money from business community and had plans to attack police offices, security agencies and sensitive government establishments.
"We are interrogating the suspects for some previous terror attacks including blasts in the city."
Three suicide jackets, rifles, pistols and explosives were recovered in the raid, Shahid added.
Pakistani officials are on the hunt for two drive-by shooters who lobbed two hand grenades at the Saudi consulate in Karachi on Wednesday, causing no casualties.
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