Four suspected lashkar-e-Jhangvi militants linked to a deadly attack on a police academy in Pakistan that left over 60 people dead have been killed by security forces during a raid.
The militants were killed in a exchange of fire with police in the Hazarganj area.
Police officials said that the four are believed to be from the lEJ which is suspected of carrying out the terrorist attack on the police training centre in Quetta on Monday night in which 61 people, including police cadets, and two armymen, were killed.
Deputy Inspector General of police of Balochistan Razzaq Cheema said that the anti-terrorism department’s officers raided a compound on the outskirts of Quetta on an intelligence tip-off.
“There was a heavy exchange of fire in which four militants were killed and three police officials injured,” Cheema said. He, however, declined to comment on whether the killed terrorists belonged to the lEJ and said investigations were going on to verify their identities.