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Pakistan police 'kill militants' Pakistan police 'kill militants'
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Two Islamist militants have been killed in a raid by Pakistani police on their hideout in Karachi, police said. Four militants have been killed and one arrested after a shoot out in a suburb of the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, police say.
Police raided the house and had an exchange of fire with the militants there, said a senior police official. They say that they have also recovered a man who was being held hostage by the militants after they raided a house.
The militants blew themselves up after they ran out of ammunition, the police said. Officers said they suspected a third man was buried in the debris. Police told the BBC that the militants belong to the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group which operates out of Waziristan tribal area near the Afghan border.
The pair was said to be planning an attack on foreign targets in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi. The shoot out took place after police were led to the house by a suspect.
They say the shoot out took place in the city's southern suburb of Baldia as part of a sweep conducted after last weekend's bombing of the Marriot hotel in Islamabad, which killed more than 50 people and injured more than 200.
Pakistan has seen a surge in militant activity in recent days
Police say they recovered 10kg of high explosive, eight hand grenades and eight pistols from the site of the attack.
"We believe the explosive is C4. We have also recovered jackets filled with explosives from the house," a police official told the BBC.
C4 is a military-type explosive that has been used in a number of bomb attacks in Pakistan.
Police say that when they arrived at the location, they were fired on from the house in question.
They say that the ensuing shoot out continued for an hour. Police say they killed two of the militants in the firing.
Another was arrested while trying to escape. Officials say the remaining two subsequently ran out of ammunition and blew themselves up.
The arrested militant has been named as Kareemullah. He is wanted for the 2005 asassination of a senior Shia Cleric in Karachi.
'Heavily armed''Heavily armed'
"We have saved Karachi from death and destruction. We know who they were and what was their target in Karachi, but we cannot disclose it immediately," provincial police chief Babar Khattak was quoted by news agency AFP as saying."We have saved Karachi from death and destruction. We know who they were and what was their target in Karachi, but we cannot disclose it immediately," provincial police chief Babar Khattak was quoted by news agency AFP as saying.
Police raided Karachi's Baldia neighbourhood based on information given by an unidentified suspect who was arrested earlier at dawn, Mr Khattak said.
"We surrounded the area after the detainee told interrogators that his colleagues hiding there were heavily armed and also carried suicide jackets," he said."We surrounded the area after the detainee told interrogators that his colleagues hiding there were heavily armed and also carried suicide jackets," he said.
The militants fired at the troops and also threw grenades at them, he said.The militants fired at the troops and also threw grenades at them, he said.
Karachi is Pakistan's commercial hub.Karachi is Pakistan's commercial hub.
Pakistan has seen a surge in militant attacks in recent days.Pakistan has seen a surge in militant attacks in recent days.
Last week, a suicide bomb devastated the Islamabad Marriott hotel, killing at least 53 people and injuring more than 266. A little known Pakistani militant group, Fidayeen-e-Islam, said it carried out the devastating hotel attack in Islamabad.
A little known Pakistani militant group, Fidayeen-e-Islam, said it carried out the devastating attack.
Over the week, a suicide bomber killed nine troops in the Madiyan area of the volatile Swat valley of north-west Pakistan. It was unclear who was responsible .Over the week, a suicide bomber killed nine troops in the Madiyan area of the volatile Swat valley of north-west Pakistan. It was unclear who was responsible .
And in Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province, an Afghan diplomat was kidnapped and his driver killed.And in Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province, an Afghan diplomat was kidnapped and his driver killed.