{"id":68602,"date":"2025-03-20T18:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T13:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=68602"},"modified":"2025-03-20T18:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T13:07:10","slug":"ctd-foils-major-terror-plot-detains-two-militants-linked-to-i-9-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ctd-foils-major-terror-plot-detains-two-militants-linked-to-i-9-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"CTD foils major terror plot, detains two militants linked to I-9 attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Counter-Terrorism Department (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ctd-arrests-10-terrorists-in-punjab-during-intelligence-based-operations\/\">CTD<\/a>) has successfully foiled a major terror plot and arrested two highly dangerous terrorists linked to the attack on I-9 police station.<\/p>\n<p>The operation was conducted near Mughal Market, Rawalpindi, averting a possible large-scale attack in Rawalpindi and Islamabad.<\/p>\n<p>According to a CTD spokesperson, the arrested militants have been identified as Hamza and Roman, they belonged to \u2018Fitna-ul-Khawarij\u2019 and were planning attacks on sensitive locations in the twin cities. The operation was based on intelligence, which led to their immediate arrest.<\/p>\n<p>The terrorists were allegedly in touch with a key Khawarij commander in Afghanistan and had already scouted their desired targets.<\/p>\n<p>During the arrest, security forces seized hand grenades, a large quantity of explosives, detonators, safety fuses, wires and other sabotage equipment.<\/p>\n<p>A case has been registered against the militants, and further investigation is underway. During the initial investigation, the accused confessed to having attacked the I-9 police station with a hand grenade a few months ago.<\/p>\n<p>CTD officials have reiterated their commitment to eradicate terrorism and said that operations against such elements will continue to ensure public safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has successfully foiled a major terror plot and arrested two highly dangerous terrorists linked to the attack on I-9 police station. The operation was conducted near Mughal Market, Rawalpindi, averting a possible large-scale attack in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. According to a CTD spokesperson, the arrested militants have been identified as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":38970,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14809,2],"tags":[7839,7840],"class_list":["post-68602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad","category-pakistan","tag-counter-terrorism-department","tag-ctd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68603,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68602\/revisions\/68603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}