ISLAMABAD, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Three terrorists were killed during an exchange of fire with the police in the country's eastern city of Lahore, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of police said on Sunday.
The exchange of fire took place when the CTD personnel early Sunday carried out an intelligence-based coordinated raid in the Ferozewala area of Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab province, according to the CTD in Lahore.
Three terrorists belonging to the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed during the operation, said a statement issued by the CTD, adding that the militants were living in a rented house in the city and were identified as Afghan nationals.
The killed militants were planning to target sensitive installations, security forces and political and religious personalities, said the statement.
During the raid, a huge cache of arms and ammunition including suicide jackets, hand grenades, assault rifles, and maps of sensitive buildings were recovered from their residence.
Police registered a case against them and kicked off an investigation. The law enforcement agencies also launched an operation to arrest the accomplices of the killed terrorists.
