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#Pakistan Forces ’Kill Militants Linked to’ Police Attack

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#Pakistan Forces ’Kill Militants Linked to’ Police Attack

Local Editor

Pakistani security forces raided a compound in the country’s troubled southwest and killed four militants linked to an attack on a police academy earlier in the week, officials said Friday.

The raid in Quetta, the capital of strife-riven Balochistan province, was carried out late Thursday following an intelligence tip-off about the presence of fighters from the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi [LeJ] militant group.

Speaking off the record, a police official said the militants belonged to the LeJ -- a faction of which claimed it had worked with Daesh [Arabic acronym for "ISIS" / "ISIL"] to carry out the Monday night raid that killed 61 people, the deadliest assault on a security installation in Pakistan’s history.

Source: New Agencies, Edited by website team