A terrorist attack on Adiala Jail was averted on Wednesday night thanks to a coordinated effort by the police and the Counter Terrorism Department in Rawalpindi.
According to CPO Khalid Saeed Hamdani, the coordinated effort prevented a significant calamity. Three terrorists have been captured, he continued, and are being held at an unidentified “safe” location. All three of the terrorists, according to the CPO, were Afghan nationals.
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According to the authorities, they recovered a sizable cache of automatic firearms and ammunition from the terrorists. In addition, the terrorists had maps of Adiala Jail, grenades, and homemade explosives. Following the terrorists’ capture, law authorities conducted a search operation near the Adiala Jail.
In a video, armed officials were seen entering an abandoned area of land to conduct a search while a caravan of police and CTD officials was seen parked by the side of the road at an unidentified place during the night.
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Currently housed in Adiala Jail are a number of well-known inmates, including former chief minister Pervaiz Elahi, former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, and former prime minister Imran Khan.
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