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Police arrest scores of militants after fierce clash in Karachi
Dozens of militants have been arrested in Karachi on Thursday following a fierce gunbattle that broke out after a police raid, officials said.
- Agencies
- Published: 11:30 January 15, 2009
Karachi: Dozens of militants have been arrested in Karachi on Thursday following a fierce gunbattle that broke out after a police raid, officials said.
Two policemen were killed and nine wounded before the militants' resistance was broken after several hours of shooting.
Pakistan is under tremendous international pressure to bring an end to extremist groups, in the wake of last November's attacks in Mumbai.
There were no immediate details of whether the militants had any affiliations with anti-India groups, but Karachi's police chief Waseem Ahmed said authorities were investigating links to pro-Taliban fighters in the lawless tribal regions bordering Afghanistan.
"We were getting reports for a long time that some jihadi elements were active in this area. Today, we raided the area and arrested many of them," Ahmed said.
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