Four Wagah bombing suspects killed in Karachi shootout

KARACHI: Police claimed to have killed four terrorists involved in the Wagah bomb attack in a shootout in Baldia Town in the wee hours of Friday, Geo News reported.One policeman was also wounded in the encounter that occurred between personnel of the counterterrorism department of the Sindh police and the terrorists, DSP Ali Raza said.He said the dead militants belonged to the Umar Khurasani group and were involved in carrying out the deadly bombing near the checkpoint at the Wagah border crossing near Lahore, which had left 55 people dead and another 100 injured on November 2 last year.DSP Raza said weapons were found on the terrorists, who had opened fire on the law enforcers during a raid on their hideout in the Ittehad Town area of Baldia Town.