Three women militants linked with outlawed Pakistani Taliban and involved in facilitating terror attacks in Punjab province were arrested today along with suicide jackets and hand grenades.
The arrests took place in Sargodha district during counter terrorism operations.
"During a raid in the Bypass Sem Nala area, some 150 kilometers from Lahore, the CTD officials were shot at by two attackers. The CTD officials fired back in self-defence. The attackers fled and three women suspects were arrested while trying to escape," the police said in a statement.
The militants were members of banned Tahreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, it said.
"Initial interrogation revealed that they facilitated some terror attacks in the province," the officials said.
The women disclosed the identities and addresses of their accomplices. Special teams have been constituted and dispatched to arrest the other militants named by them, Radio Pakistan reported.
Two suicide jackets and three hand grenades from the possession of the lady terrorists, it said.
