Two TTP suspects arrested in Karachi CTD raid

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The Counter-Terrorism Department arrested two suspected Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan members, Umer Farooq and Abdullah, in Karachi, recovering two hand grenades during an intelligence-based operation with an intelligence agency. The suspects allegedly arrived from Afghanistan to carry out terrorist attacks, having conducted reconnaissance of Rangers and police officers and their offices, and sent the information to their handlers. Separately, a man named Deedar Khan, 50, was shot dead and a relative wounded on Superhighway after returning from City Courts, with police reporting the victim was nominated in a murder case.


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