Islamabad: The country head of Al Qaeda in Pakistan, Tayyab Nawaz alias Hafiz Abdul Mateen, was killed during an armed offensive by police in the country's east Multan city.
The Al Qaeda commander was gunned down with his seven other accomplices on Thursday night when police raided a hideout of suspected terrorists at the river bank of Multan, a main district in the country's east Punjab province, Xinhua quoted Dawn News as saying.
Police said that the terrorists were holding a meeting to carry out an attack at a prominent university in the city, when the cops conducted the raid by acting on an intelligence tip-off.
The bodies of the killed terrorists were shifted to Nishtar Hospital of Multan for investigations and autopsy where Hafiz Abdul Mateen was identified.
A resident of northwest Dera Ismail Khan area, the commander was wanted for the murder of a senior army officer and attack on Parade Lane in the country's east Punjab province on December 4, 2009 in which 36 people were killed.
Police in Multan region issued a threat, following the killing of the terrorists, saying that the Al Qaeda could target educational institutes in Punjab where security needed to be beefed up.
The Al Qaeda commander was gunned down with his seven other accomplices on Thursday night when police raided a hideout of suspected terrorists at the river bank of Multan, a main district in the country's east Punjab province, Xinhua quoted Dawn News as saying.
Police said that the terrorists were holding a meeting to carry out an attack at a prominent university in the city, when the cops conducted the raid by acting on an intelligence tip-off.
A resident of northwest Dera Ismail Khan area, the commander was wanted for the murder of a senior army officer and attack on Parade Lane in the country's east Punjab province on December 4, 2009 in which 36 people were killed.
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