KARACHI: Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of the Sindh police on Tuesday apprehended two alleged terrorists belonging to a proscribed outfit.
The law enforcement agency conducted an operation in Korangi and arrested two suspects belonging to the outlawed Sipah-e-Muhammad and recovered weapons from their possession.
According to the CTD, the suspects were identified as Kamran Haider and Karrar Hussain and were involved in a wide range of terrorism and sectarian killings. The suspects have confessed to the killing of renowned religious scholars Mufti Nizamuddin Shamzai and Maulana Yusuf Ludhianvi. Â
The suspect Karrar Hussain killed several people in a firing incident in 2001 on Kashmir Roads. He also confessed to killing a man named Jamaat Ismali leader Wasif Aziz in 2007.
CTD authorities the suspects also killed a man identified as Mudassir in Shah Faisal Colony on the orders of Agha Hasan. They killed a man named Essa in Defence and also had a role in killing a scholar hailing from Balochistan in  Gulshan-e-Iqbal.
The CTD claimed that the suspects were involved in sectarian killings since 1996 and opened fire on a vehicle in SITE area, killing seven people. They were also involved in killing a burger seller and two brothers in Khokrapar in 2014.
The group was well trained and had expertise in using weapons, explosive material, and an anti-aircraft gun. CTD officials said that further investigation is underway.
